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Some of you might remember an argument here about usefulness of humanoid bots to perform tasks in space environments.<br />Well, the prospects keep getting more and more interesting<br /><br />"Robot Controlled By Brainwave Commands"<br />http://robotgossip.blogspot.com/2006/12/robot-controlled-by-brainwave-commands.html<br /><br />Its a perfect setup for lunar ops for example. You have "human body" on site, able to do all tricks that a human in astronaut suit could do, controlled by human mind, with none of the expenses of actually having humans on site and having to return them to earth.<br /><br />I'd say such guys would be perfect to prepare the manned base before actual humans arrive, and keep it permanently "manned". i.e. Man-tended outpost would become robot-tended, where humans wouldnt have to do any of the maintenance.<br /><br />( BTW, for your daily treat of robotics news, im keeping a collection of feeds at bloglines, http://www.bloglines.com/public/kaidokert )