Mfarhanonline Social Media News: Each day, Mfarhanonline highlights one noteworthy YouTube video. Check out all our viral video picks . It’s one small handshake for man, one giant handshake for robot-kind — and one entertaining video for robot aficionados and geeks alike. Robonaut 2, the dexterous humanoid robot NASA designed to help humans work and explore in space, took time out from his busy schedule recently to engage in a “man-machine” handshake in space with Commander Dan Burbank. The event took place after Robonaut 2 completed its system checks aboard the International Space Station. “For the record, it was a firm handshake. Very nice. Nice job on the programming and all the engineering. Quite an impressive robot,” Burbank says in the video. Burbank is one of three crew members who are part of Expedition 30, which is so named because it’s the 30th long-duration mission to the International Space Station. The crew is expected to return to Earth in March. The expedition is examining the effects of space’s weightless environment on the human body and different substances, in part to help further determine what types of materials are best suited for space travel, according to NASA. Another goal is to train Robonaut 2 to take over boring, repetitive and dangerous tasks that the astronauts might not want to do themselves. When not busy with the work, Robonaut 2 updates his Twitter account . 1. The Cubinator We met The Cubinator for the first time at the 2010 World Maker Faire . The robot currently holds the Guinness world record for fastest machine solve of a Rubik’s cube. Pete Redmond, who developed the robot for the final project of his master’s degree, says that its solve time averages about 25 seconds. Webcams in the robot’s eyes detect the colors on the cube and the machine solves the puz! zle by u sing an algorithm to find the fewest moves. It also has has a sense of humor, shouting “oh dear!” when it occasionally drops the cube. Click here to view this gallery. More About: NASA , Robonaut2 , robots , youtube video of the day For more Entertainment coverage: Follow Mfarhanonline Entertainment on Twitter Become a Fan on Facebook Subscribe to the Entertainment channel Download our free apps for Android , Mac , iPhone and iPad Social Media reviews series maintain by Mayya
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