Engineering:FEDOR (robot)
 FEDOR on a 2021 stamp of Russia | |
| Manufacturer | Android Technics |
|---|---|
| Year of creation | 2015–2019 |
| Type | Humanoid robot |
| Purpose | Space exploration |
| Derived from | Alyosha (callsign：MPM-100) |
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]
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 Kazakhstan, 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
- ↑ "Fedor – Первый российский антропоморфный робот" (in ru). Russian Foundation for Advanced Research Projects in the Defense Industry. 21 December 2017. https://fpi.gov.ru/projects/khimiko-biologicheskie-i-meditsinskie-issledovaniya/fedor/.
- ↑ "Skybot FEDOR, Flying to ISS, is Very Sociable, Has Sense of Humour – August 05, 2019, 11:42 UTC – State space corporation ROSCOSMOS". Roscosmos. 5 August 2019. http://en.roscosmos.ru/20854/.
- ↑ "Russian android robot Fedor to acquire self-learning abilities – Science & Space – TASS". TASS. 9 December 2016. https://tass.com/science/918017.
- ↑ "Russia creating combatant androids of Avatar type – TASS". TASS. 22 March 2014. https://tass.com/opinions/763216.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 "Аватар для МЧС: как создавали робота-спасателя по имени Федор" (in ru). РБК. 21 December 2017. https://www.rbc.ru/magazine/2018/01/5a3948139a794769dd2a086c.
- ↑ "Аватар для МЧС: как создавали робота-спасателя по имени Федор" (in ru). Russian Foundation for Advanced Research Projects in the Defense Industry. 21 December 2017. https://fpi.gov.ru/press/media/-avatar-dlya-mchs-kak-sozdavali-robota-spasatelya-po-imeni-fedor-/.
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 Aatif Sulleyman (14 April 2017). "Robot being trained to shoot guns is 'not a Terminator', insists Russian deputy Prime Minister". The Independent. https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/gadgets-and-tech/news/terminator-robot-fedor-guns-russia-shooting-dmitry-rogozin-a7684406.html.
- ↑ "Soyuz MS-14 launched to the ISS – August 22, 2019, 03:48 GMT – State space corporation ROSCOSMOS". Roscosmos. 22 August 2019. http://en.roscosmos.ru/20880/.
- ↑ Ackerman, Evan (19 August 2019). "Russian Humanoid Robot to Pilot Soyuz Capsule to ISS This Week". IEEE. https://spectrum.ieee.org/automaton/robotics/space-robots/russian-humanoid-robot-to-pilot-soyuz-capsule-to-iss-this-week.
- ↑ "Regarding the Soyuz spacecraft docking – August 25, 2019, 06:00 GMT – State space corporation ROSCOSMOS". Roscosmos. 25 August 2016. http://en.roscosmos.ru/20891/.
- ↑ "Soyuz MS-14 docked to the ISS – August 27, 2019, 03:10 UTC – State space corporation ROSCOSMOS". Roscosmos. 27 August 2019. http://en.roscosmos.ru/20886/.
- ↑ "Skybot F-850 at the ISS – August 30, 2019, 15:00 GMT – State space corporation ROSCOSMOS". Roscosmos. 30 August 2019. http://en.roscosmos.ru/20909/.
- ↑ "Soyuz MS-14 in autonomous flight – September 06, 2019, 18:15 GMT – State space corporation ROSCOSMOS". Roscosmos. 6 September 2019. http://en.roscosmos.ru/20922/.
- ↑ "Soyuz MS-14 spacecraft returned to Earth – September 06, 2019, 21:35 GMT – State space corporation ROSCOSMOS". Roscosmos. 6 September 2019. http://en.roscosmos.ru/20923/.
- ↑ "Журнал «Русский космос» (Сентябрь 2019)" (in ru). Roscosmos. 13 September 2019. https://www.roscosmos.ru/media/img/2019/OKT/rk2019-09.pdf.
- ↑ "Russia terminates robot Fedor after space odyssey". AFP. 12 September 2019. https://news.yahoo.com/russia-terminates-robot-fedor-space-odyssey-162705993.html.
- ↑ "Журнал «Русский космос» (Октябрь 2019)" (in ru). Roscosmos. 25 October 2019. https://www.roscosmos.ru/media/img/2019/NOV/rk2019-10.pdf.
- ↑ SPA «Android Technics»(in English)
- ↑ – Robotics Startup for Space Development(in English)
- ↑ "Russian, Japanese companies plan to jointly design moon robot – Science & Space – TASS". TASS. 14 December 2019. https://tass.com/science/1099421.
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