Dextre
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Dextre, also known as the Special Purpose Dexterous Manipulator, is a two-armed robot, or telemanipulator, which is part of the Mobile Servicing System on the International Space Station, and does rep
Dextre, many of the ISS's Robotic arms and experiments, can be operated from Earth, performing tasks while the crew sleeps.
Dextre on the end of Canadarm2
Dextre, as photographed by an Expedition 26 crew member
Dextre, as photographed by an Expedition 27 crew member
Canadarm
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Canadarm or Canadarm1 is a series of robotic arms that were used on the Space Shuttle orbiters to deploy, maneuver, and capture payloads. After the Space Shuttle Columbia disaster, the Canadarm was al
Dextre
…to the ISS and was named to represent its dexterous nature. Dextre is the newest of three Canadian robotic arms used on the ISS, preceded by the Space Shuttle's Canadarm and the large Canadarm2. Dextre was designed and manufactured by MDA. In the early morning of February 4, 2011, Dextre completed its first official…
Canadarm (right) during Space Shuttle mission STS-72
Life-size replica of the Canadarm at the Euro Space Center in Belgium
Story Musgrave, anchored on the end of the Canadarm, prepares to be elevated to the top of the Hubble Space Telescope during STS-61.
Peter J.K. Wisoff on the end of the arm, 1993