A robot just built a structure autonomously in space for the 1st time ever

A robot just played Tinkertoys in space, assembling the first satellite structure ever made without a human touching the controls.The DARPA-funded project saw a robotic "truss builder" create a reflective antenna using Kapton film, composite fiber tubes and aluminum joints. The implications are huge for future missions, potentially opening up new possibilities to build — or fix — satellites in the final frontier."This is the first time that a structure has been autonomously constructed in sp