The International Space Station's robotic Canadarm2 shown moving the HTV-3 Exposed Pallet for installation on JAXA's HTV cargo vehicle.

MDA Corp. of Canada on May 4 warned that Canada was losing its space-robotics edge because of the government’s decision to pass up collaborative development opportunities in Europe and elsewhere.

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Peter B. de Selding was the Paris Bureau Chief for SpaceNews.