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.'"

Comments

!Frankenstein

[Anonymous Coward]

Frankenstein was the scientist, not the monster.

Re:Oblig 50's quote slighytly edited.

[Anonymous Coward]

You know they're remaking that with Keanu Reeves as Klaatu?

"Dude! You totally melted that guy's tank!"