Three-armed robot to work on space station
- 18:26 10 July 2007
- NewScientist.com news service
- David Shiga
A three-armed robot that could autonomously clamber around the outside of the International Space Station and help astronauts with maintenance work has successfully completed a round of tests on the ground.
Eurobot is being developed for the European Space Agency (ESA) by an industrial consortium led by Thales Alenia Space, which is based in Cannes la Bocca, France.
It has three arms similar in size and strength to human arms. But Eurobot’s arms boast seven joints, making them more versatile than human ones. Each arm is also equipped with a camera.
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