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This is FEDOR, Russia's newest space robot ready to join the ranks of cosmonauts and fly to the final frontier. Space is a dangerous place, full of deadly radiation and extreme temperatures. Cosmonauts and astronauts working in space have one of the hazardous jobs imaginable, but they are about to get a very strong helping hand. FEDOR, which stands for Final Experimental Demonstration Object Research, is being prepared to man spaceships and space stations, and his creators have called him a veritable 'Robo-Gagarin'. The humanoid robot prototype, which is being tested in Magnitogorsk by Russian company Android Technica, operates in two different modes - an autonomous mode and a remote-controlled mode. Engineers on earth can put on a special suit which gives them the ability to take control of FEDOR's movements in space, enabling him to perform complex and intricate tasks while in orbit or traveling through the cosmos. FEDOR's creators are tasked with preparing him for one mission in particular. The robot will be on board Russia's Federatsiya spaceship, which will launch around 2021. The FEDOR project started in 2014 with the aim of helping rescue workers in disaster zones, but the robot is now being evaluated for future roles in space, in education, and even in the military.
You may have seen the Atlas robot from Boston Dynamics, but did you know that Russian robotics engineers have come up with their own humanoid robot? This is FEDOR the android robot that can drive, saw, drill, weld, use keys to open locks, and even put out a fire with an extinguisher. FEDOR, which stands for Final Experimental Demonstration Object Research, was designed and tested by the Fund of Prospective Research in Moscow and may be the first robot sent to work in space. FEDOR's secret specialty is that, apart from being able to function autonomously, he can also be controlled by a human from an avatar suit. A human operator can transmit movements to the robot for especially delicate procedures, such as turning a key in a lock. The FEDOR project was started in 2014. The cyborg was originally conceived as a rescue robot. However, as the project developed, engineers announced that the machine could be used in various environments and potentially for military purposes and education. It's reported that Russia's Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Rogozin saw the project and decided that FEDOR is the perfect candidate to be the first Russian robot to be sent to work in space on the International Space Station.
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