05. Do some robots have nicknames like people do? (A K2S Question)

From The Space Library

Yes, in fact most do. Many robots have very long names that we shorten into acronyms. For instance, the next Canadian robot to be sent to the ISS is called Special Purpose Dextrous Manipulator, and so was called SPDM. Even that name was not very nice so now the robot's new nickname is Dextre.

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Answer provided by CAF Capt. Marc Fricker

Question and Answer extracted from the book Kids to Space - by Lonnie Schorer

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