Today, August 22, 2019, the ISS went "Soyuz MS-14", in which, instead of a person seat spaceship pilot took the anthropomorphic robot Skybot F-850 - lightweight "space" robot version FEDOR.
To display the ship's rocket was used to orbit "Soyuz-2.1a", which was previously in orbit cargo ships and various spacecraft. The first flight to the "Union" is a test, so carried out without a crew. Skybot F-850 is a Text - he completely repeat the movement of the operator in a special suit, the operator in the virtual reality helmet sees the world "through the eyes" of the robot.
Suit, officially called ZUKT - specified device type is copied, and sent to the ISS in its orbit and cosmonaut Alexander Skvortsov wear, which will control the robot in space. Fedor and Skybot F-850 developed by the NGO "humanoid machines" Foundation for Advanced Studies. The robot duplicates the position and movement of the arms, shoulders and head of the operator and transmits images of the environment. The robot 42 degrees of freedom: the head, neck, shoulders, elbows, hands and fingers, the robot brush allows you to "jewelry" manipulation of up to 0.1 °.
The robot will stay in orbit for two weeks, then return to Earth in early September.
FEDOR robot (Final Experimental Demonstration Object Research) was developed to replace the man in the high-risk areas.
https://www.youtube.com/watch? v = xobj_vYNKE4
Pre twelve experiments in space, but in his first flight of the F-850 Skybot perform four to six tasks were prepared for Skybot.
In the future, the robot will be endowed with artificial intelligence and be able to perform certain tasks on their own, rather than just copying the movements of the operator.
If the experiment is successful, it is planned to use these robots to assist the crew of the ISS, including open space, and in the future robots can be used in the lunar program and for the development of long-range space.
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