Japanese robot cosmonaut says hello from space

Astronauts on the ISS obviously live without boring. One robot helped them, now the second one has appeared. This robot, named Kirobo, was developed by Japanese experts, and was launched into orbit on August 4. Almost immediately after arriving at the site, the robot recorded a video message, which has become available now.

The robot itself is small, its growth 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, a small robot wishes all earthlings good morning, it seems, and sends his photo, to the storekeeper, robot Mirata.
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It is worth noting that the goal of the project is to solve some problems of human socialization and communication, 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 a companion robot affects the emotional state of the crew, which has been isolated from the rest of society for a long time.

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



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