Robot call 'home' through Space - Morning Post

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machine that will make the company’s Japanese astronaut Koichi Wakata is a distance of 370 kilometers from Earth.

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A Japanese robot, in orbit 370 kilometers (230 miles) above the Earth at a speed of 27,600 kilometers per hour, called ‘home’ for the first time. The robot was launched into space from the Tanegashima Space Center in Japan

“The August 21, 2013, the robots take the first step towards a bright future “- these are the first words Kiboro, the Japanese robot speaker, the first robot astronaut, spoke from the International Space Station (ISS). The video was released this Thursday but it was filmed two weeks ago.

Kiboro was launched into space on August 4. Arrived at the ISS after six days and will stay at the station about a year and a half, is expected to return in December 2014.

The robot one pound and 34 cm in height, is equipped with a technology of voice and facial recognition. It was packed with tons of equipment and supplies to the crew of the research base in órbitra. Kiboro will be part of tests to be able to realize the extent to which machines can help astronauts working.

Speaking Japanese is the astronaut Koichi Wakata, who will command the station from November, the main partner of the robot.

Kiboro was developed by the University of Tokyo. The name comes from the mixture Kiboro word “kibo” which means hope, with “robot”.