We’ve seen robot dogs helping in disaster zones and robots building cars, but have you ever seen a robot in space? This is what its developers say could be the astronaut assistants of the future, humanoid robots that move through space stations just like humans and more.
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00:00we've seen robot dogs helping in disaster zones and robots building cars but have you ever seen
00:09a robot in space this is what its developers say could be the astronaut assistants of the future
00:14humanoid robots that move through space stations just like humans they're being developed by
00:19aerospace robotic research center a chinese company and recently they showed off the goals
00:23they're aiming for with these bots the humanoid robot is set to help astronauts move cargo and
00:28maintain a space station from within this will give astronauts more time for scientific duties
00:33and less mundane manual labor however these weren't the only robots they showed off they also
00:37revealed what they call a ground following robot which will follow astronauts around on the lunar
00:42surface this will be integral as space agencies around the world begin to gear up for moon landings
00:47once again the company also revealed an on-orbit service robot something they say is more special
00:52it's a multi-legged automaton that will crawl around on the outside of a spacecraft space station or
00:58satellite looking for and repairing any damage