NASA has adopted Israeli technology for a robot to inspect equipment in deep space. The Visual Inspection Poseable Invertebrate Robot, or VIPIR, is an articulating borescope tool and a tiny camera from Israeli medical device company Medigus to provide a close-up look at space equipment.
http://www.timesofisrael.com/tiny-israeli-martian-camera-powers-nasa-repair-robot/
NASA adopts Israeli space camera
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