Despite the fact that his innocent look reminds us of the friendly Wall-e (although his works evoke rather his sentimental partner, Eva), in reality it is a ball-shaped robot that floats on the International Space Station (ISS ).
Int-Ball , as it is called, is a brainchild of the Japan Space Agency (JAXA), and was manufactured using 3D printing .
A camera drone
More than a robot, we are looking at a drone equipped with a camera that will serve to examine the interior of the ISS. It has 15 centimeters in diameter of 15 centimeters, a mass of 1 kg and is equipped with 12 fans around it to move.
The drone is controlled from Earth, by JAXA. And it will also allow us to take pictures continuously (also of the Earth) so that we can delight ourselves with them.