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1972: Can an EXOSKELETON control machines in SPACE? | Tomorrow's World | Retro Tech | BBC Archive
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as posted by the channel"Its job is to send out signals to control remotely a machine in space, and make it easier to have an automated repair man fixing satellites".
James Burke becomes the master of Syntelmann, or SYNchron-TELe-MANipulator, as he controls the robot-looking machine using an exoskeleton prototype. In theory, it means astronauts could repair equipment in space remotely, without the dangers of physically doing it themselves.
Clip taken from Tomorrow's World, originally broadcast on BBC One, 18 April, 1972.
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