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The Space Station’s New Robot Repairman Might Need a Jolt

Engineers are hopeful that Dextre will be up and running soon

The International Space Station’s new robotic repairman, a $200 million Canadian robot called Dextre, should end up working just fine despite some early glitches, officials say. Dextre, an incredibly dexterous ‘bot with two flexible three-meter arms (hence, of course, the name), is designed to be a kind of maintenance machine on the outside of the ISS.

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