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03-11-2016, 08:16 PM
'Star Wars' droid BB-8 had a great day at NASA making new robot friends
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The charismatic Star Wars droid BB-8 probably felt right at home when it visited NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) in California this week.*
The Star Wars: The Force Awakens*favorite got to hang out with some real-life space robots at JPL, according to some truly charming photos posted to the lab's Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/NASAJPL/photos/pcb.10153569567363924/10153569566183924/?type=3&theater) on March 9.*
SEE ALSO: The life-size BB-8 is real and you can get one this year (http://mashable.com/2016/02/13/life-size-bb-8/)
BB-8 snapped some photos with an Earth-based twin of the Mars-exploring Curiosity (http://mashable.com/2015/05/11/mars-sunset-curiosity-rover/) rover in the "Mars Yard" at JPL — a simulated Martian landscape used to test space robots. The droid also got to hang out with other NASA robots including RoboSimian (http://www-robotics.jpl.nasa.gov/tasks/showTask.cfm?TaskID=236&tdaID=700043), a bot designed to aid in disaster relief efforts. Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/03/11/star-wars-bb8-droid-visits-nasa/)
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The charismatic Star Wars droid BB-8 probably felt right at home when it visited NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) in California this week.*
The Star Wars: The Force Awakens*favorite got to hang out with some real-life space robots at JPL, according to some truly charming photos posted to the lab's Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/NASAJPL/photos/pcb.10153569567363924/10153569566183924/?type=3&theater) on March 9.*
SEE ALSO: The life-size BB-8 is real and you can get one this year (http://mashable.com/2016/02/13/life-size-bb-8/)
BB-8 snapped some photos with an Earth-based twin of the Mars-exploring Curiosity (http://mashable.com/2015/05/11/mars-sunset-curiosity-rover/) rover in the "Mars Yard" at JPL — a simulated Martian landscape used to test space robots. The droid also got to hang out with other NASA robots including RoboSimian (http://www-robotics.jpl.nasa.gov/tasks/showTask.cfm?TaskID=236&tdaID=700043), a bot designed to aid in disaster relief efforts. Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/03/11/star-wars-bb8-droid-visits-nasa/)
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