Russia today launched an unmanned rocket and sent a life-size robot to the International Space Station to learn how to assist astronauts in experiments.
Agence France-Presse reported that the robot, called Feder, is the abbreviation of "Final Experimental Demonstration Object Research" and the first Russian robot to send space.
Feder took the launch of the United Rocket (Soyuz) at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakh from 3:38 GMT and will join the International Space Station on the 24th.
The United Rocket Space Station usually carries people, but in order to test the new emergency rescue system, today's launch is not accompanied by humans, so it is not the astronauts sitting in the special pilot seat, but Feder.
Feder is a silver anthropomorphic articulated robot with a height of 180 cm and a weight of 160 kg. It has its own Instagram and Twitter account and will share new skills learned, such as opening a water bottle. At the International Space Station, Feder will test manual skills at low gravity. Alexander Bloshenko, director of the forward-looking program and science of the Russian Space Agency, commented on television:
"This includes connecting, removing wires, and using everyday items, including screwdrivers, wrenches and fire extinguishers."
Feder will replicate human movements and provide remote assistance when astronauts or earth personnel wear a mobile-assisted exoskeleton to perform tasks.
The official website of the Foundation's Foundation of Advanced Research Projects, which describes Feder's opportunity to be used on Earth, can work in high-concentration environments, perform mine clearance and difficult rescue missions.
At the International Space Station, Feder will assist the Russian astronaut Alexander Skvortsov who took off last month to wear a series of experiments with exoskeletons at the end of the month.
Feder is not the first robot to go into space. The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) sent "Robonaut 2" to space in 2011.
The Robonaut 2 robot is structurally very close to humans. It has a human torso, head, and arms. It was designed by NASA and GM to assist astronauts in completing sporadic work and maintenance tasks on the International Space Station. The space robot, called "Robonaut 2", is now planned to be loaded in two sets of boxes at the time of launch and cushioned with foam. The Robonaut 2 robot is structurally very close to humans. It has a human torso, head, and arms. It was designed by NASA and GM to assist astronauts in completing sporadic work and maintenance tasks on the International Space Station. In the end, NASA officials plan to let the space robot arrive in a work area that is too dangerous for humans.
It is equipped with 350 sensors and 38 processors. The robot received some mechanical legs only last year but was partially transported to the International Space Station. The unit then reaches a height of 2.4 meters and can be moved within the orbital complex under the control of an operator from the Earth or any crew.
On the International Space Station, scouts check the operation of the air filter and perform other current tasks. In the years of the project, 39 inventions were patented and a number of other applications are pending. Many of the techniques tested by officers can be used in underground conditions. For example, this is a "robot glove" that works on the assembly line of a large enterprise, and a "robot frame" that can help people who lose this ability move. The next generation of senior detectives will work in outer space for a few days and even enter Mars.
R2 was designed and developed by NASA and General Motors with the help of engineers at Oceaneering Space Systems to accelerate the development of next-generation robots and related technologies for the automotive and aerospace industries. R2 can handle a variety of EVA tools and interfaces, but R2 is significantly better than its predecessor. The R2 is four times faster than the R1, and the more compact and advanced technology covers the entire R2 system, including optimized dexterous workspace (two shoulders), sequential elastic joint technology, increased finger, and thumb strokes, miniature 6-axial load cell, excessive force perception, ultra-fast connection controller, dramatic neck movement, high-resolution camera, an infrared system.