Japanese space robot sends greetings from space

The astronauts on the ISS are clearly not bored. That one robot helped them, now a second one has appeared. This robot, named Kirobo, was developed by Japanese specialists, and launched into orbit on August 4. Almost immediately after arriving at the site, the robot recorded a video message, which is now available.

The robot itself is small, its height is only 13 inches. Kirobo can speak, while he is able to recognize speech, emotions, plus record video. “Kibō” in Japanese means “hope”, and “robo”, of course, means “robot”. So, in his video message, the little robot wishes all earthlings a good morning, it seems, and sends its photo to its storekeeper, the Mirata robot.

It is worth noting that the goal of the project is to solve some problems of socialization and communication of a person, especially those people who are in orbit. Scientists hope that robots like Kirobo will be sent along with astronauts to distant and not very missions. Robots will record video, take pictures of everything that will interest the astronaut and / or robot, plus entertain the crew of the spacecraft.

Now there is an active study of how the companion robot affects the emotional state of the crew, which is isolated from the rest of society for a long time.

The Japanese robot will remain in orbit on the ISS until December 2014. So the astronauts will clearly not be bored.



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