Japanese scientists sent the world's first talking robot into space. The robot Kirobo is designed to accompany astronauts and help them spend their lonely and boring time in the vast universe. Don't get me wrong, this robot doesn't have a fake "genital" device.

Kirobo launched a cargo rocket from an island in southern Japan to the International Space Station at dawn.

The Daily Telegraph once reported that the robot will enter the space station later this year to accompany the first Japanese to enter the space station, Koichi Wakata. According to the Discovery News, the H-2B rocket was launched from Tanegashima at 4:48 a.m. local time (3:48 a.m. Beijing time).

In June, robot researchers gathered in Tokyo to demonstrate the speaking ability of humanoid robots.

This product is jointly developed by Dentsu Advertising Company, Advanced Science and Technology Research Center, University of Tokyo, Robo Garage and Toyota Motor Corporation. Yorichika Nishijima, project manager of Kirobo, said: "The former Soviet Union was the first country to enter space. The United States was the first country to land on the Earth and the moon. We Japanese want to be the first to send robot astronauts who can communicate with people into space."

Tomotaka Takahashi, the CEO of the robot garage and an associate professor at the University of Tokyo, said he hoped that the Kirobo speaking robot could eventually be used in space to help astronauts.

"When people think of robots in space, they usually think they can only help work. But I think there can also be humanoid robots that can communicate with people," Takahashi said

Because Kirobo doesn't need to do manual work, it is smaller than most robots. Kirobo is about 34 cm tall and weighs about 1 kg.

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