This dextrous robot arm is off to the ISS next year

lans are to send it to the International Space Station in 2021.
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This dextrous robot arm is off to the ISS next year
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The S1 is a robotic arm created by GITAI. Plans are to send it to the International Space Station in 2021. The arm will help out aboard an airlock-extension module called Bishop, developed by NanoRacks. NanoRacks will launch the module in November of 2020 via the SpaceX CRS-21, followed by the S1 sometime in 2021.

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