Robot set to become space station's newest inhabitant

NASA is all set to begin the installation of Dextre tonight. The large, special purpose two armed dexterous manipulator will be installed on the ISS with the hopes of easing the need for human EVAs in the future. Dextre hitched a ride to the space station on Space Shuttle Endeavour along with the Japanese laboratory, Kibo, on STS-123. Once in place, Dextre should be able to handle most of the exterior work on the ISS with its two special gripping hands. The same folks in Canada that brought you the Canadarm on the shuttle fleet and ISS, have also manufactured this gizmo. I sure hope they haven't given the thing AI. They obviously haven't seen the movie Red Planet yet.