Endeavour Crew to Assemble Giant Robot, in Space

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on Monday March 10 2008, @11:00AM

Frizzled writes "Part of the space shuttle crew's scheduled mission for this week is to assemble a massive robot which will rise like "Frankenstein" from the shuttle's cargo bay. The robot, named Dextre, has 11-foot arms, a shoulder span of nearly 8 feet, a height of 12 feet, and was built by the Canadian Space Agency."

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Disassembled, back on earth... (Score:1)

by charlesbakerharris (623282) writes:

I believe on earth, the pieces currently function as a bulldozer, a crane, front load shovel, cement mixer, excavator, and dump truck. Check them out. [wikipedia.org]

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Disassembled, back on earth... (Score:1)