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| Stealthy ‘Star Wars’ drone captures life on board ISS (VIDEOS) | |
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| A floating drone, designed to help monitor the work of crew onboard the International Space Station, has beamed back to Earth its first images from inside the low-orbit satellite. | A floating drone, designed to help monitor the work of crew onboard the International Space Station, has beamed back to Earth its first images from inside the low-orbit satellite. |
| Manufactured by 3D-printing, the Int-Ball is a robotic camera drone produced by the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) and has been on board the ISS since June. | Manufactured by 3D-printing, the Int-Ball is a robotic camera drone produced by the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) and has been on board the ISS since June. |
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| Resembling a droid from the Star Wars movie series, the curious looking sphere can move autonomously in space but can also capture images under the command of operators on Earth. | Resembling a droid from the Star Wars movie series, the curious looking sphere can move autonomously in space but can also capture images under the command of operators on Earth. |
| The robot, which has LED-like eyes, can relieve busy astronauts from duties such as photography and also enables flight controllers on Earth to “check the crew’s work from the same viewpoint as the crew.” | The robot, which has LED-like eyes, can relieve busy astronauts from duties such as photography and also enables flight controllers on Earth to “check the crew’s work from the same viewpoint as the crew.” |
| READ MORE: US military orders design of combined human-robot squads | READ MORE: US military orders design of combined human-robot squads |
| While the Int-Ball is certainly an innovative android, its movement is managed by relatively simple technology – a fan concealed inside its spherical body. | While the Int-Ball is certainly an innovative android, its movement is managed by relatively simple technology – a fan concealed inside its spherical body. |
| New footage released from JAXA shows the Int-Ball recording researchers inside Japan’s Kibo module on the ISS, while a team track its performance from the Tsukuba Space Center. | New footage released from JAXA shows the Int-Ball recording researchers inside Japan’s Kibo module on the ISS, while a team track its performance from the Tsukuba Space Center. |
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