High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Robonaut is a humanoid robotic development project conducted by the Dextrous Robotics Laboratory at NASA`s Johnson Space Center (JSC) in Houston, Texas. Robonaut differs from other current space-faring robots in that, while most current space robotic systems (such as robotic arms, cranes and exploration rovers) are designed to move large objects, Robonaut`s tasks require more dexterity.