Evan Ackernan reports at the IEEE Spectrum magazine website
today in an article entitled "How NASA's Astrobee Robot Is Bringing
Useful Autonomy to the ISS".
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Originally Posted by Evan Ackerman, IEEE
Astrobee is a cube about 32 centimeters on a side. Each corner and most of two sides are covered in a soft bumper material, with a propulsion system embedded in it. The central part of the robot contains sensors, control systems, a touchscreen, and several payload bays for adding hardware, including an arm designed to grab onto ISS handrails.
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Article and video here -
http://spectrum.ieee.org/automaton/r...omy-to-the-iss