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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.'"
You'd think if the summary was going to contain quotes, they would be accurately taken from the article... but hey, this is slashdot.
The article was right: "almost like it's Frankenstein's monster coming alive."
It's even more intriguing since it has never been photographed on Earth. The first photos of the robot will be taken in space, hopefully.