NASA astronauts operate on space station's broken robot arm

The orbital surgery on the International Space Station returned the Canadian-built robot arm to full health after its "wrist" ...
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Will a four-armed robot replace astronauts in space?

Space changes the rules for almost everything, including how a robot should move. On Earth, legs help us stand, balance and walk across a room. In microgravity, those same legs lose much of their ...
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‘Just in time for Canada Day’: Spacewalking astronauts repair space station’s huge Canadarm2

Expedition 74 flight engineers Chris Williams and Jessica Meir conducted a seven-hour spacewalk to replace a wrist joint on ...
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Watch 2 NASA astronauts fix ISS' huge robotic arm during June 30 spacewalk

NASA astronauts Chris Williams and Jessica Meir will fix the International Space Station's Canadarm2 during a spacewalk on ...
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This Zurich startup built a four-armed robot for space stations. Each astronaut hour it saves is worth $140,000.

Zurich’s Orbit Robotics built a four-armed space robot called Helios. It targets the 35% of crew time spent on maintenance at $140K/hour. Orbit Robotics, a Zurich-based startup, has unveiled Helios, a ...

Imagine fixing a robot while flying at 28,000 kmph. NASA astronauts just did it

Chris Williams and Jessica Meir replaced a faulty wrist joint on the International Space Station's robotic arm during a complex mission carried out while the orbiting laboratory travelled around Earth ...
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The critical robot arm on the ISS isn't working properly, but NASA has a plan to fix it

A part of Canadarm2 robotic arm on the ISS broke in May, requiring repairs by spacewalking astronauts no earlier than June 30. A spare is already on the station.
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NASA astronauts repair robots outside ISS

Two NASA astronauts take a spacewalk to work on a robotics repair outside the International Space Station.