The first humanoid robot in space made a small talk with a Japanese Astronaut in the International Space Station on 6th December, 2013 and said that it had no problem with the zero gravity on the International Space Station.
The video footage released recently by the Robot's developers on 20th Dec., 2013 showed Kirobo performing its first mission on ISS, talking in Japanese language with the Astronaut Mr. Koichi Wakata to test its autonomous conversation functions. The astronaut
The Astronaut Koichi Wakata of Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) asks the robot how it feels about being in zero-gravity environment. The robot replied "I'm used to it now, no problem at all". The scientists will be recording and collecting data on the astronaut's conversation with Kirobo in the next few months to study how humans and robots might live alongside each other during long space journeys in future.
Here is a translation of the conversation between the astronaut and the robot on 6th Dec., 2013 in International Space Station.
Wakata: How did you get out here into space, Kirobo?
Kirobo: On a Kounotori from Tanegashima.
Wakata: Oh, so you flew all the way into space on a bird? [In Japanese, "kounotori" means "white stork." The transfer vehicle that brought Kirobo to the space station in August was named Kounotori 4.]
Kirobo: It wasn't a bird; it was the Kounotori rocket.
Wakata: It's incredible that you came here all by yourself.
Kirobo: Well, I'm a robot!
Kirobo arrived at the orbiting lab on Aug. 9, 2013, as part of an unmanned Japanese cargo delivery that launched from the Tanegashima Space Center in southern Japan. Shortly after, the robot uttered its first words in space.
"On August 21, 2013, a robot took one small step toward a brighter future for all," Kirobo said in a video message, riffing on Apollo astronaut Neil Armstrong's famous "one small step" line.
But since the robot is trained only to speak in Japanese, Kirobo had to wait until Wakata arrived at the space station on 7th Nov., 2013 to chat face to face with a human. Wakata, 50 is the Japan's first commander of the space station in March. He is scheduled to come back to Earth in May, 2014. Kirobo will be returning in December, 2014 back to Earth.
Here is a video showing the historic conversation between the Kirobo and the Japanese Astronaut.
The video footage released recently by the Robot's developers on 20th Dec., 2013 showed Kirobo performing its first mission on ISS, talking in Japanese language with the Astronaut Mr. Koichi Wakata to test its autonomous conversation functions. The astronaut The Astronaut Koichi Wakata of Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) asks the robot how it feels about being in zero-gravity environment. The robot replied "I'm used to it now, no problem at all". The scientists will be recording and collecting data on the astronaut's conversation with Kirobo in the next few months to study how humans and robots might live alongside each other during long space journeys in future.
Here is a translation of the conversation between the astronaut and the robot on 6th Dec., 2013 in International Space Station.
Wakata: How did you get out here into space, Kirobo?
Kirobo: On a Kounotori from Tanegashima.
Wakata: Oh, so you flew all the way into space on a bird? [In Japanese, "kounotori" means "white stork." The transfer vehicle that brought Kirobo to the space station in August was named Kounotori 4.]
Kirobo: It wasn't a bird; it was the Kounotori rocket.
Wakata: It's incredible that you came here all by yourself.
Kirobo: Well, I'm a robot!
Kirobo arrived at the orbiting lab on Aug. 9, 2013, as part of an unmanned Japanese cargo delivery that launched from the Tanegashima Space Center in southern Japan. Shortly after, the robot uttered its first words in space.
"On August 21, 2013, a robot took one small step toward a brighter future for all," Kirobo said in a video message, riffing on Apollo astronaut Neil Armstrong's famous "one small step" line.
But since the robot is trained only to speak in Japanese, Kirobo had to wait until Wakata arrived at the space station on 7th Nov., 2013 to chat face to face with a human. Wakata, 50 is the Japan's first commander of the space station in March. He is scheduled to come back to Earth in May, 2014. Kirobo will be returning in December, 2014 back to Earth.
Here is a video showing the historic conversation between the Kirobo and the Japanese Astronaut.
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