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Japan Planning to Send Tweeting Humanoid Robot to Space Station

by Terrence O'Brien on February 18, 2011 at 06:30 AM

It's no secret that the Japanese love their robots. But the country's space agency, JAXA, is hoping that other nations will enjoy its android creations, too. The country of cutting-edge 'bots is planning to send a humanoid robot to the ISS, where it will monitor the health and stress levels of astronauts, and report back via Twitter.

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