Dextre

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Science and technology

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What Wikipedia says

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 does repairs that would otherwise require astronauts to do spacewalks.

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Image: NASA, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.