Kirobo, the talking bot, blasts off into space - Times of India

TOKYO: The first talking humanoid robot "astronaut" has taken off in a rocket. Kirobo — derived from the Japanese words for "hope" and "robot'" — was among five tonnes of supplies and machinery on a rocket launched on Sunday for the International Space Station from Tanegashima , Japan, the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, or JAXA, said. The child-like robot was designed to be a companion for astronaut Koichi Wakata, and will signer, Tomotaka Takahashi,said. AP communicate with another robot back on Earth. The challenge was making sure it could move and talk where there was no gravity. Ahead of the launch, the 34cm Kirobo said, "One small step for me, a giant leap for robots ." "I want to robot to function as a mediator between man and machine, and even between people." via Science - Google News http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNFdbjF_whTZxjZV-VoUyz6W32MW_Q&url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/home/science/Kirobo-the-talking-bot-blasts-off-into-space/articleshow/21612233.cms

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