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Endeavour Crew to Assemble Giant Robot, in Space
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. 'Dextre can pivot at the waist, and has seven joints per arm. Its hands, or grippers, have built-in socket wrenches, cameras and lights. Only one arm is designed to move at a time to keep the robot stable and avoid a two-arm collision. The robot has no face or legs, and with its long arms certainly doesn't look human.'"
Just look at the picture.... someone must have noticed that, but the question is how far into the design?
Figures they would put their flag on the giant penis.
I read the internet for the articles.
In yet another sign that the U.S. is facing behind in space technology, the Japanese space agency unveiled its own mechanical creation, assembled from smaller, lion-like devices. See footage of it in action.
When to say this if not now? I, for one, welcome our new robotic overlords from space.
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Oh I don't know. It reminds me a bit of Ron Jeremy.
At least that's not a vacuum cleaner...
The creatures outside looked from Alt-Right to Antifa; but already it was impossible to say which was which.
MEGA-MAID?
Does it have a Secret Lab?
Yeah, this isn't really journalism at its best, is it? I personally loved "The robot has no face or legs, and with its long arms certainly doesn't look human" - suggesting that having no face or legs wasn't a particular barrier to humanoid form... but long arms is just crazy talk!
Yes, it means we used the same form of measurement that the entire world uses instead of an obsolete, needlessly complex form of measurement that went extinct some 30 years ago. Is there something they put in the water down there that makes everyone intentionally regressive? I mean creative spelling is one thing, but when you're still openly debating evolution and working globally with other nations on multi-million dollar projects where measurement is critical, you'd think you'd get the hint and modernize your nation a little. That is unless one of your forefathers specifically had something against metric, cause then I could totally understand.
I'm guessing the caption writers noticed.
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Unless you completely forbid people from using non-metric, nobody will move over. kg? whats a kg? I weigh 285 lbs thankyouverymuch. Its 45C? Is that hot or cold? 135mm? 12km? My car gets 20 furlongs to the hogshead and thats the way I like it!
I guess the Canadian Space Agency beat the Japanese Ministry of Agriculture into putting a robot in space.
Scenes of panic and chaos reigned as the giant robot assembled in space by a joint Canadian US expedition started firing laser beams at uncontrolled locations in North America. Visions of an inhuman, headless robot destroying the world has been the stuff of science fiction over the decades. That vision became reality early on Sunday morning as many towns across the continent were hit in a barrage of devastating but inaccurate fire. According to reports, an industrial laser mounted on one of the arms malfunctioned and the servo mechanism controlling that arm has failed causing the giant robot to flail out. Experts are unsure as to how long these potentially lethal disruptions would continue as the robot is in a geosynchronous orbit. Attempts to use the other robotic arm to arrest the malfunctioning arm have failed as the control software is designed to forbid simultaneous motion of both arms. Canadian designers declined comment but highly placed sources within NASA indicate that they, like their creation, do not have a leg to stand on. The White House has sought Chinese assistance in shooting down the robot. There is talk of a 9 figure sum being demanded by the Chinese but these reports are currently unsubstantiated.
It's turning into a giant MAID! With a Vacuum Cleaner!
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