Kibo Robot Project

Japan will send a small android to the international space station this summer and have released this promotional video. The robot is said to be able to recognize faces as well as understand and speak Japanese. The official website says the robot was created to keep humans company in a society where more and more people are living alone. I think a side goal might be making a huge amount of money by causing every child in Japan to beg their parents for a new toy robot. They released another video of the robot being tested in zero gravity. Amazingly,... it floated. The scientists seemed to think the fact that it could still shake hands in zero gravity was something to note.