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    Dextre, space two armed robot, Maxar Technologies Inc., Richmond, Canada

    Manufacturer - Maxar Technologies Inc.

    asc-csa.gc.ca/eng/iss/dextre

    Dextre on Wikipedia

    Dextre is an integral part of Canadarm.

    Dextre, also known as the Special Purpose Dexterous Manipulator (SPDM), is a two armed robot, or telemanipulator, which is part of the Mobile Servicing System on the International Space Station (ISS), and extends the function of this system to replace some activities otherwise requiring spacewalks. It was launched March 11, 2008 on mission STS-123.

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    Article "Canada launches robot-themed plastic banknote from space"
    Aboard the International Space Station, astronaut Chris Hadfield unveils the new polymer $5 bill, which showcases ISS robots Canadarm2 and Dextre.

    by Tim Hornyak
    April 30, 2013

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    Dextre The Space Robot Practices Pumping Gas

    Published on Mar 15, 2012

    The Canadian Dexterous Manipulator robot that sits atop the ISS, is getting it's research tools dirty for the first time, as it learns (and teaches engineers) how to service satellites.

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    New $5 and $10 Bank Notes · Nouveaux billets de banque de 5 $ et 10 $

    Published on Apr 30, 2013

    Unveiling Ceremony of the New $5 and $10 Polymer Bank Notes

    The $5 note features Canadarm2 and Dextre symbolizing Canada's continuing contribution to the international space program through robotics innovation. The theme of the new $10 note is the Canadian train representing Canada's great technical feat of linking its eastern and western frontiers by what was, at the time, the longest railway ever built.

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    STS 123 Rewind - Dextre On-Orbit Assembly

    Published on Apr 3, 2014

    Spacewalkers struggle to awaken the monstrous space station robot. Learn more about Dextre here: http://goo.gl/Gn3rKN

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    Space Station Robot Fitted With Satellite Deployer | Animation

    Published on Apr 3, 2014

    The Space Station Integrated Kinetic Launcher for Orbital Payload Systems (SSIKLOPS) aka Cyclops, is a CubeSat carrier that can transfer from the Kibo module to station exterior robot Dextre for satellite deployment.

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    U.S. SpaceX Dragon Ship Arrives at the International Space Station with Important cargo

    Published on Apr 20, 2014

    The SpaceX Dragon cargo craft arrived at the International Space Station April 20, delivering almost 5,000 pounds of scientific experiments and supplies for the Expedition 39 crew. Dragon was launched atop the commercial company's Falcon 9 rocket April 18 from Space Launch Complex 40 at the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Fla., on the third commercial resupply mission to the station for SpaceX. After a two-day rendezvous to catch up to the orbital laboratory, Dragon was grappled by Expedition 39 Commander Koichi Wakata of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency and NASA Flight Engineer Rick Mastracchio and berthed to the Earth-facing port of the Harmony module using the station's Canadian-built robot arm, where it will remain until it departs the outpost on May 18 for a parachute-assisted return to Earth and a splashdown in the Pacific west of Baja California.

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    Dextre installs OPALS on the International Space Station

    Published on May 1, 2014

    This computer-generated animation shows Dextre, the Canadian robotic handyman on board the International Space Station (ISS), retrieving OPALS (short for Optical PAyload for Lasercomm Science) from inside the trunk of SpaceX's Dragon cargo ship, and installing it on the exterior of the ISS.

    While sitting on the end of Canadarm2, Dextre is lowered into Dragon's external compartment (its "trunk"), picks up the OPALS payload with one hand, and places it on his workbench. Canadarm2 then puts Dextre down to change bases (for better reach), and picks Dextre back up again to install OPALS on the exterior of the European Space Agency's Columbus module, where OPALS will test the potential for using a laser to transmit data to Earth from space.

    (Animation : Canadian Space Agency)

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