The first talking humanoid robot “astronaut” has taken off in a rocket. Kirobo-derived
from the Japanese words for “hope” and “robot”-was among five tones of supplies
and machines on a rocked launched on Sunday for the international space station
from Tanegashima,Japan,the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, or JAXA, said.The
child-like robot was designed to be a companion for astronaut Koichi Wakata,and
will communicate with another robot back on earth.The challenge was making sure
it could move and talk where there was
no gravity. Ahead of the launch, the 34cm Kirobo said, “one small step for me,a
giant leap for robots”.“i want the robot to function as a mediator between man
and machine, and even between people”
it’s designer,Tomotaka Takahashi,said.Sunday, August 11, 2013
KIROBO, THE TALKING BOT, BLASTS OF INTO SPACE
The first talking humanoid robot “astronaut” has taken off in a rocket. Kirobo-derived
from the Japanese words for “hope” and “robot”-was among five tones of supplies
and machines on a rocked launched on Sunday for the international space station
from Tanegashima,Japan,the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, or JAXA, said.The
child-like robot was designed to be a companion for astronaut Koichi Wakata,and
will communicate with another robot back on earth.The challenge was making sure
it could move and talk where there was
no gravity. Ahead of the launch, the 34cm Kirobo said, “one small step for me,a
giant leap for robots”.“i want the robot to function as a mediator between man
and machine, and even between people”
it’s designer,Tomotaka Takahashi,said.
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