The Fedor robot, developed by Androidnaya Tekhnika NPO, has been handed over to Roscosmos. This was announced in his Twitter blog by the head of the state corporation Dmitry Rogozin.
Fedor, or FEDOR (Final Experimental Demonstration Object Research), is a joint project of the National Center for the Development of Technologies and Basic Elements of Robotics of the Advanced Research Foundation and the Android Technology NGO. The robot can repeat the movements of the operator in a special exoskeleton. At the same time, the sensor system and torque feedback provide a person with comfortable control with the implementation of the effects of "presence" in the working area of ββthe robot.
According to Mr. Rogozin, Fedor was handed over to Roscosmos and the S.P. Korolev Rocket and Space Corporation Energia (RSC Energia) to study the possibility of its use in manned programs.
The robot is currently learning fine motor skills. The head of Roscosmos, for example, published photographs in which Fedor, under the control of an operator, takes drawing lessons.
As noted earlier, Roskosmos intends to prepare the robot for flight to the International Space Station (ISS) on the Soyuz unmanned spacecraft. The launch should take place next summer.
Source: 3dnews.ru