Dexter The Space Robot Now Assembled
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Dexter the robot that will work on the space station has now been assembled. Dexter is ready to do manual labor on the space station.
The robot, which is properly called the Special Purpose Dextrous Manipulator, will in future do much of the external work on the space station.
Dextre will now undergo a series of tests and trials before it is asked to do major tasks.
Ultimately, it will be commanded to install and remove small payloads such as electronics boxes, computers and batteries
The fourth test happens this Thursday.
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