The first words of a robot in space - TeK.sapo

“Good morning everyone on Earth. Kirobo here.’m the first robot astronaut speaking world.’s a pleasure to meet you,” he said in Japanese in a moment recorded for posterity that is already published online and you can see below.

The video’s first words Kirobo from space was made available this Thursday, but have been shot two weeks ago.

Inspired the character Astro Boy, the little android 34 inches and almost one kilogram reached the International Space Station on the 4th of August with 5.4 tons of material and supplies to the crew.

With the ability to walk recognize faces and record images, Kirobo will “responsibility” to the company Japanese astronaut Koichi Wakata, who will reach the ISS at the end of the year. The project aims to study the extent to which a robot companion can give moral support to people who are isolated for long periods of time.

Written under the new Orthographic Agreement