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Endeavour Crew to Assemble Giant Robot, in Space

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the anyone-else-see-this-coming-back-to-bite-us dept.

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.'"

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  1. Go Canada by jandrese · · Score: 4, Funny

    Figures they would put their flag on the giant penis.

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    1. Re:Go Canada by Marc_Hawke · · Score: 4, Funny

      I wonder what he uses those arms for (one at a time.)

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    2. Re:Go Canada by RobertB-DC · · Score: 4, Funny

      I wonder what he uses those arms for (one at a time.)

      Typing.

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  2. Robotic overlords by Yetihehe · · Score: 4, Funny

    When to say this if not now? I, for one, welcome our new robotic overlords from space.

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  3. Oblig 50's quote slighytly edited. by sherpajohn · · Score: 4, Funny

    Klaatu: I'm worried about Dextre. I'm afraid of what he might do if anything should happen to me.

    Helen: Dextre? But he's a robot. Without you, what could he do?

    Klaatu: There's no limit to what he could do. He could destroy the Earth.
     
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  4. "long arms" by jmichaelg · · Score: 5, Funny
    certainly doesn't look human.

    Oh I don't know. It reminds me a bit of Ron Jeremy.

  5. Re:torch by KiloByte · · Score: 4, Funny

    At least that's not a vacuum cleaner...

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  6. Just one word comes to mind... by Zymergy · · Score: 5, Funny

    MEGA-MAID?

  7. Not Frankenstein by onkelonkel · · Score: 3, Insightful

    In keeping with /. pedantry I would like to point out that Baron Victor von Frankenstein was the sceintist, and that the monster had no name.

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    1. Re:Not Frankenstein by Sqweegee · · Score: 3, Interesting

      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."

  8. "blast off in the wee hours" by davidwr · · Score: 3, Funny

    I'm guessing the caption writers noticed.

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