FEDOR (robot)

FEDOR or Fyodor (Russian: Фёдор) is a Russian humanoid robot that replicates movements of a remote operator and can perform some actions autonomously.[1] Originally intended for rescue operations, it was sent on an experimental mission to the International Space Station in 2019.[2] FEDOR is a Russian given male name and an acronym for "Final Experimental Demonstration Object Research".[3]

FEDOR (callsign：Skybot F-850)
ManufacturerAndroid Technics
Year of creation2015-2019
TypeHumanoid robot
PurposeSpace exploration
Derived fromAlyosha (callsign：MPM-100)

History

The robot, originally called Avatar, was funded by the Ministry of Emergency Situations and intended for rescue operations but its role was later expanded to include space missions.[4] The new name, FEDOR, was announced in 2017 by then Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Rogozin.[5] FEDOR is intended to be a platform for development of a series of robots, although the first model was often called FEDOR in news media.[6]

In April 2017, a video of FEDOR shooting guns caused a media alarm.[7] Rogozin insisted Russia was not creating a Terminator.[7] After the video was posted, one of the parts suppliers cancelled their relationship with the project.[5]

On 22 August 2019, a FEDOR robot was launched on Soyuz MS-14 to the International Space Station. The plan was for the robot to spend a week and a half aboard the orbital outpost.[8] The model going to space was given the name Skybot F-850.[9]

On 24 August 2019, the Soyuz failed to dock as scheduled with the station, due to a fault with its rendezvous system.[10]

On 27 August 2019, it successfully docked with the Zvezda module of the station.[11]

On 30 August 2019, FEDOR successfully matched plug connectors while weightless, simulating the repair of cables on the station's exterior surface during a spacewalk.[12]

On 6 September 2019, the reentry capsule of the Soyuz MS-14 spacecraft, with FEDOR on board but no crew, landed in the designated area in the steppes of Kazaskhtan, south-east of the city of Zhezkazghan.[13]·[14]·[15]

On 11 September 2019, "Russian robot Fedor cannot fulfill his mission to replace human astronauts on space walks", Yevgeny Dudorov, executive director of robot developers Androidnaya Tekhnika said.[16]·[17]

On 14 December 2019, Russia's Androidnaya Tekhnika [18] and Japan's GITAI[19] startup plan to create a robot to operate on the lunar surface, the Russian company's executive director, Yevgeny Dudorov, told TASS.[20]

See also

References
  1. "Fedor - Первый российский антропоморфный робот" [FEDOR - The first Russian anthropomorphic robot] (in Russian). Russian Foundation for Advanced Research Projects in the Defense Industry. 2017-12-21.
  2. "Skybot FEDOR, Flying to ISS, is Very Sociable, Has Sense of Humour – August 05, 2019, 11:42 UTC - State space corporation ROSCOSMOS". Roscosmos. 2019-08-05. Retrieved 5 August 2019.
  3. "Russian android robot Fedor to acquire self-learning abilities - Science & Space - TASS". TASS. 2016-12-09. Retrieved 7 September 2019.
  4. "Russia creating combatant androids of Avatar type - TASS". TASS. 2014-03-22. Retrieved 7 September 2019.
  5. "Аватар для МЧС: как создавали робота-спасателя по имени Федор" [Avatar for Ministry of Emergency Situations: the story of rescue robot Fedor creation] (in Russian). РБК. 2017-12-21.
  6. "Аватар для МЧС: как создавали робота-спасателя по имени Федор" [Avatar for Ministry of Emergency Situations: the story of rescue robot Fedor creation] (in Russian). Russian Foundation for Advanced Research Projects in the Defense Industry. 2017-12-21.
  7. Aatif Sulleyman (14 April 2017). "Robot being trained to shoot guns is 'not a Terminator', insists Russian deputy Prime Minister". The Independent.
  8. "Soyuz MS-14 launched to the ISS – August 22, 2019, 03:48 GMT - State space corporation ROSCOSMOS". Roscosmos. 2019-08-22. Retrieved 22 August 2019.
  9. Ackerman, Evan (19 August 2019). "Russian Humanoid Robot to Pilot Soyuz Capsule to ISS This Week". IEEE Spectrum. IEEE. Retrieved 27 August 2019.
  10. "Regarding the Soyuz spacecraft docking – August 25, 2019, 06:00 GMT - State space corporation ROSCOSMOS". Roscosmos. 2016-08-25. Retrieved 25 August 2019.
  11. "Soyuz MS-14 docked to the ISS – August 27, 2019, 03:10 UTC - State space corporation ROSCOSMOS". Roscosmos. 2019-08-27. Retrieved 27 August 2019.
  12. "Skybot F-850 at the ISS – August 30, 2019, 15:00 GMT - State space corporation ROSCOSMOS". Roscosmos. 2019-08-30. Retrieved 30 August 2019.
  13. "Soyuz MS-14 in autonomous flight – September 06, 2019, 18:15 GMT - State space corporation ROSCOSMOS". Roscosmos. 2019-09-06. Retrieved 6 September 2019.
  14. "Soyuz MS-14 spacecraft returned to Earth – September 06, 2019, 21:35 GMT - State space corporation ROSCOSMOS". Roscosmos. 2019-09-06. Retrieved 6 September 2019.
  15. "Журнал «Русский космос» (Сентябрь 2019)" [Russian Space Magazine (September 2019)] (PDF) (in Russian). Roscosmos. 2019-09-13.
  16. "Russia terminates robot Fedor after space odyssey". AFP. 2019-09-12. Retrieved 12 September 2019.
  17. "Журнал «Русский космос» (Октябрь 2019)" [Russian Space Magazine (October 2019)] (PDF) (in Russian). Roscosmos. 2019-10-25.
  18. SPA «Android Technics»(in English)
  19. – Robotics Startup for Space Development(in English)
  20. "Russian, Japanese companies plan to jointly design moon robot - Science & Space - TASS". TASS. 2019-12-14. Retrieved 14 December 2019.
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