Canadian Dextre Robot Goes To Work Outside Space Station

HOUSTON — The Canadian Space Agency’s Special Purpose Dexterous Manipulator (Dextre), a two-armed robotic handyman, was in the final leg of its first ground-controlled repair task outside of the International Space Station (ISS) on Aug. 29: a two-day changeout of a failed Remote Power Control Module...

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