Japan’s first robot astronaut is bound for the ISS as a working crewmember

Japan’s first robot astronaut is bound for the ISS as a working crewmember/technologies/robotics/b/blog/posts/japan-s-first-robot-astronaut-is-bound-for-the-iss-as-a-working-crewmember(via Kibo Robot Project ) Sending robots into space is nothing new as NASA sent up their Robonaut 2 to the ISS back in February of 2011. The robot’s primary function is to conduct repairs either autonomously or by remote control via personnel on ...en-USTelligent Community 12RE: Japan’s first robot astronaut is bound for the ISS as a working crewmemberhttps://community.element14.com/technologies/robotics/b/blog/posts/japan-s-first-robot-astronaut-is-bound-for-the-iss-as-a-working-crewmemberWed, 21 Aug 2013 20:00:48 GMT93d5dcb4-84c2-446f-b2cb-99731719e767:14d2f354-ef25-4cb4-94be-7c30302ff087DAB1<p>It will be very interesting to see how well this robot works in zero G.</p><p> </p><p>It will also be interesting to see what they come up with next.</p><p> </p><p>Robots are moving forward.</p><p> </p><p>DAB</p><img src="https://community.element14.com/aggbug?PostID=16209&AppID=36&AppType=Weblog&ContentType=0" width="1" height="1">