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During a simulated lunar operation, NASA’s Robonaut prototype welds a seam at a construction site while two moonwalking astronauts inspect completed work. |
Despite the cancellation of NASA’s back-to-the-moon program, the next steps on the moon will likely be taken sometime in the next decade under human control. It’s just that the humans will be using a robot to take them. The space agency’s paradigm shift just might bring a shift to robotic telepresence as the next-best thing to walking on the moon.
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