‘’The robot astronaut Kirobo has become the first robot to speak in outer space’’.

If Niel Amstrong was the first man to land on the moon, the robot astronaut Kirobo could become the first robot to speak in outer space’’.

 The announcement comes from Toyota Motor Corporation (TMC). In fact since this morning TMC announced that the robot astronaut Kirobo has become the first robot to speak in outer space.

According to TMC, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA)
astronaut Koichi Wakata, the first Japanese commander of the International

Space Station (ISS), is expected to arrive at his post in November or December 2013 and He will take part in the world's ‘’first’’ conversation held between a person and a robot in outer space.

Connectikpeople has observed that, it is an initiative designed to explore the possibilities of humans coexisting with robots in the future. The conversation will take place in the ISS's Kibo Japanese Experiment Module.

For those who unfamiliar Kibo means hope in Japanese. The robot astronaut Kirobo was transported to the ISS aboard the Kounotori 4 cargo transfer vehicle atop H-IIB Launch Vehicle No. 4, launched early in the morning of August 4, 2013 from the Tanegashima Space Center in Japan. Kirobo arrived at the station six days later.

Connectikpeople has also observed that, along with its ground crew counterpart Mirata, Kirobo is one of two humanoid communication robots developed under the Kibo Robot Project, a joint research project carried out between Dentsu, RCAST, Robo Garage and TMC.