A humanoid robot named "Kirobo" has had a chat with a Japanese astronaut on the ISS. The robot, also from Japan, is designed to process questions and construct answers from its vocabulary bank, as opposed to regurgitating preprogrammed responses. Asked if he could handle zero-gravity conditions, the robot replied, "I'm used to it now, no problem at all." There were some awkward pauses -- looks like Kirobo's not quite ready to go on dates -- but the robot did show some wit, telling Wakata that he wanted to ask Santa Claus for a toy rocket.Japanese Robot Shoots Breeze With Astronaut
A humanoid robot named "Kirobo" has had a chat with a Japanese astronaut on the ISS. The robot, also from Japan, is designed to process questions and construct answers from its vocabulary bank, as opposed to regurgitating preprogrammed responses. Asked if he could handle zero-gravity conditions, the robot replied, "I'm used to it now, no problem at all." There were some awkward pauses -- looks like Kirobo's not quite ready to go on dates -- but the robot did show some wit, telling Wakata that he wanted to ask Santa Claus for a toy rocket.
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