Dextre

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ISS external payload robotic manipulator space robotics technology demonstrator space station robot

Dextre is a two-armed robotic handyman on the International Space Station designed to perform delicate maintenance tasks and reduce the need for spacewalks.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Dextre canonical	12
Dextre the robot handyman	1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	ISS external payload ⓘ robotic manipulator ⓘ space robotics technology demonstrator ⓘ space station robot ⓘ
acronym	SPDM ⓘ
armDegreesOfFreedom	7 per arm ⓘ
attachedTo	Canadarm2 ⓘ Mobile Base System ⓘ
controlMethod	teleoperated from ground ⓘ teleoperated from inside the ISS ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	Canada ⓘ
designedFor	delicate maintenance tasks ⓘ handling Orbital Replacement Units ⓘ inspection tasks ⓘ manipulating small components ⓘ reducing the need for astronaut spacewalks ⓘ servicing external payloads ⓘ
firstUseInOrbit	2008 ⓘ
fullName	Special Purpose Dexterous Manipulator ⓘ
hasCapability	grappling and manipulating payloads ⓘ night and day operations using lights and cameras ⓘ operating in the vacuum of space ⓘ power and data connections handling ⓘ removing and installing equipment boxes ⓘ tool exchange ⓘ
hasPart	body ⓘ cameras ⓘ grapple fixtures ⓘ lights ⓘ tool holders ⓘ two robotic arms ⓘ
height	about 3.5 meters ⓘ
launchDate	2008-03-11 ⓘ
launchedOnMission	STS-123 ⓘ
launchVehicle	Space Shuttle Endeavour ⓘ
locatedIn	International Docking Adapter on ISS ⓘ surface form: exterior of the International Space Station
manufacturer	MDA (MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates) ⓘ surface form: MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates
mass	about 1560 kilograms ⓘ
operator	Canadian Space Agency ⓘ
partOf	International Space Station program ⓘ surface form: International Space Station Mobile Servicing System ⓘ
powerSource	International Space Station power system ⓘ
program	Canadarm ⓘ surface form: Canadarm program
spacecraft	Space Shuttle Endeavour ⓘ
usedFor	maintenance of ISS external systems ⓘ testing techniques for future space robotics ⓘ
uses	Canadarm2 ⓘ surface form: Canadarm2 as a base

How these facts were elicited

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Instruction

You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10.

# Requirements
- If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list.
- If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list.
- Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf".
- Do not get too wordy.
- Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.

Input

Subject: Dextre
Description of subject: Dextre is a two-armed robotic handyman on the International Space Station designed to perform delicate maintenance tasks and reduce the need for spacewalks.

Referenced by (13)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Canadian Space Agency → developed → Dextre ⓘ

Canadarm → successor → Dextre ⓘ

ASC → notableProject → Dextre ⓘ

Mobile Servicing System → component → Dextre ⓘ

CSA Mission Control Centre → supportsAsset → Dextre ⓘ

SRMS → relatedSystem → Dextre ⓘ

MSS → notableComponent → Dextre ⓘ

subject surface form: Mobile Servicing System

MDA (MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates) → notableWork → Dextre ⓘ

SSRMS → hasSuccessor → Dextre ⓘ

Special Purpose Dexterous Manipulator → hasAlias → Dextre ⓘ

Special Purpose Dexterous Manipulator → hasNickname → Dextre ⓘ

this entity surface form: Dextre the robot handyman

SPDM → alternativeName → Dextre ⓘ

STS-123 → deliveredModule → Dextre ⓘ