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Monday, August 22, 2011

SPACE STATION ROBONAUT POWERED UP

Robonaut

Robonaut, the humanoid robot delivered to the International Space Station in February, is finally getting to work -- and tweeting about the experience.

So far, the droid's commentary is pretty dry -- "My power cable is plugged in and my status LEDs on my power backpack are on," Robonaut tweeted this morning.

"Around 56 minutes left in my power soak test," it added an hour later.

But Robonaut is responding to questions and even sent birthday greetings to one of its 35,000 followers.

Read More: http://news.discovery.com/space/space-station-android-powered-up-110822.html

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