Contrary
to popular belief, but the Toyota Corporation is much more than just an
automaker. The Toyota Company invests itself into many research pursuits, as
well as motor vehicles. One of which, will be place in the international space
station soon. Meet Kirobo, the space robot:
The
idea behind this radical project was to make a robot capable of human to robot
conversation. The robot will have conversations with a commander Wakata in
space. The robot will leave this August,
and will meet up with the commander at the International Space Station. The two
are scheduled to meet by December. Commander Wakata will return to Earth the
following summer, leaving the robot to remain at the international space
station.
A clone of Kirobo called Mirata was made to leave with
ground control. The question will remain though, what is next for Toyota and
their robot research? Well if their research in robotics has been as innovative
as their research in the Auto Industry, then we will have much to look forward
too.
Tyler Barnier
Handy Toyota
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