Eurobot makes a splash

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Eurobot is lowered into the Neutral Buoyancy Facility at the European Astronaut Centre (EAC) in Cologne Germany. Under the watchful eye of the Test Director Herv Stevenin the Eurobot WET model is lowered into the pool ahead of testing to verify the o ...
Eurobot is lowered into the Neutral Buoyancy Facility at the European Astronaut Centre (EAC), in Cologne, Germany. Under the watchful eye of the Test Director, Hervé Stevenin, the Eurobot WET model is lowered into the pool ahead of testing to verify the operational concept for Eurobot. Credits: ESA

Many of the best-loved science fiction movies show intelligent robotic servants working alongside their masters. Fiction is rapidly becoming fact as European engineers develop increasingly sophisticated machines that can operate in space. One of these, known as Eurobot, has just completed trials in the giant pool at the European Astronaut Centre.


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