Dextre the Robot Joins Space Shuttle Crew

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Dextre the Robot Joins Space Shuttle Crew
« on: March 07, 2008, 07:01:25 pm »
Dextre the Robot Joins Space Shuttle Crew
     


CNN
reports that Space
Shuttle Endeavour is scheduled
to launch Tuesday 11 March and there will be an extra crew member
along this time. Dextre, a two
armed robot which is said to be the most sophisticated robot ever
sent into space. Unlike the rest of the crew, Dextre is making a one-way
trip. The robot will become a permanent resident of the International
Space Station, where it will assist or replace human astronauts on
spacewalks to maintain the space station. Dextre has a sense of touch is
capable of working on nearly 140 different parts of the station. The
robot can be teleoperated by the station's crew or by Earth-based
controllers. The robot's name is derived from "Special Purpose Dexterous
Manipulator".
   

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