SpaceVR thinks VR robots are future for colonizing space

SpaceVR is currently undertaking in sites around San Francisco, but the company, whose vision is bringing people to space through the power of VR and robotics, is to start somewhere.

Companies like Syntouch, in Los Angeles, are already working on making sensors that can transmit the sensation of touch across distances, and to add that to robots would just be extending work the company is already doing around prosthetics.

The demonstrations of workers remotely operating robots that scoop ice cream or make tacos is little more than a publicity stunt. But it’s also an effective way to get at the singular vision of company founder and chief executive Ryan Holmes.

Holmes sees the robots as the second step in the company’s development. A means to get people comfortable with the stereoscopic manipulation and visualization capabilities that operating a robot from a VR headset can provide.

Ultimately, Holmes' vision is to send millions of robots into space, operated by human controllers on earth to conduct tests and perform the manual labor on Mars that would be too expensive for a human to do.

UCJ, UNILORIN.