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Subject: 
ABC News coverage of "Astronaut Companion" Robot
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Date: 
Mon, 1 Nov 1999 13:10:19 GMT
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Since kids will have seen this on TV, it may be part of the
current popular view of "Robots"..  The link is:
http://www.abcnews.go.com/onair/CuttingEdge/wnt_102999_CE_SpaceRobot.html

Short abstract:  This Personal Satellite  Assistant, or PSA, will hover
in the weightlessness of space.    It’s like having a buddy there to help
you out, a virtual crew member.  Propelled by tiny fans, the robot
would contain a camera, a small TV screen and arrays of powerful sensors.
It could patrol the space station, monitoring life support, broadcast
what it saw back to the ground, diagnose broken circuits, even
respond to voice commands....

Regards,
Terry King   ...In The Woods In Vermont



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