'Star Wars' droid BB-8 had a great day at NASA making new robot friends
 

'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 on March 9.*

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BB-8 snapped some photos with an Earth-based twin of the Mars-exploring Curiosity 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, a bot designed to aid in disaster relief efforts. Read more...


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