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Robot to join space station astronauts

MICS 2007 (robotics competition) - 120
MICS 2007 (robotics competition) - 120 by Nic's events
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Excerpt:

When Japanese astronaut Koichi Wakata arrives in space in 2013 to take command of the International Space Station, he'll have a little robotic helper ready to assist him. A consortium of companies is constructing two doll-like robots that speak Japanese, recognize faces and perform simple experiment tasks. One will fly to the space station next year, while the other will stay on the ground as a backup. The humanoid robot will live in the station's Japanese Kibo module. It doesn't even have a name yet, but the public is being asked for suggestions on a Japanese website. Even at this early stage, lead designer Tomotaka Takahashi said the concept of a humanoid robot in space is capturing the participating companies' imagination.

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Tomotaka Takahashi

Overall Sentiment: 0.0506819

Relevance: 0.705809

SentimentQuote
0.0257733"Only a few people use (iPhone voice recognition software) Siri in Japan because we are uncomfortable to talk to square gadgets. But we sometimes talk to our pets, even if they're a turtle or a fish," said Takahashi, ...
0"We talk to these animals because we can feel some kind of life to them that we cannot with the iPhone," Takahashi added. ...
0.0965189"We talk to these animals because we can feel some kind of life to them that we cannot with the iPhone," Takahashi added. "So what we are doing for the Kibo robot is to encourage people to be willing to communicate with such things."
Sentiment Stats:
  • Number of Quotes: 3
  • Aggregate Sentiment: 0.1222922
  • Mean: 0.040764066666667
  • Standard Deviation: 1

Koichi Wakata

Overall Sentiment: -0.326674

Relevance: 0.447338

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Additional Info:

Company: Robo Garage

Overall Sentiment: 0

Relevance: 0.311486

Facility: International Space Station

Overall Sentiment: 0.0338164

Relevance: 0.977194

Technology: iPhone

Overall Sentiment: 0.140615

Relevance: 0.441759

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