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astrobot en · NOUN

Etymology

From astro- + bot.

Meanings

1. (rare) Robot designed to work in space.
   • An expendable rocket will launch a robotic vehicle, Astrobot, equipped with manipulators and the experimental equipment. Astrobot will link the tanks, pad the tanks' interiors with insulation and install the apparatus. 1989, Popular Mechanics:
   • 1988, IEEE Systems, Man and Cybernetics Society, IEEE ... Cybernetics and Society The Kader Astrobot was conceived as a state-of- the-art telerobot and is now in final design stages. Like Project HOST, the Astrobot concept seeks to minimize human extra-vehicular activity (EVA) […]
   • Figure 4 EEU + Astrobot Concept Also shown in Figure 4 is an astrobot which attaches to and interfaces with the EEU. The astrobot provides a data/communications link, television, and a set of dexterous manipulators to permit its operation […] 1990, International Astronautical Congresses, Space safety and rescue, 1988-1989 : proceedings of symposia of the International Academy of Astronautics held in conjunction with the 39th and 40th International Astronautical Congresses:
   • Astrobot! NASA scientists are regular participants in the DARPA challenge. 2016, The Editors of TIME for Kids, TIME for Kids Explorers: Robots:

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