Russian blank space officials confirm that they will be sending a humanoid automaton to the International Space Station ( ISS ) next week .
“ We can officially confirm , that harmonize to the planned trajectory schedule to the ISS , FEDOR mechanical man robot is preliminary [ sic ] scheduled to wing to the ISS on August 22 aboard Soyuz MS-14 carry by the Soyuz 2.1a toter Eruca vesicaria sativa , ” Oleg Bolashev from the Russian space bureau Roscosmos told IFLScience in an e-mail .
Unveiledtest footageshows the Skybot F-850 in a simulation depict how it will travel to space in crewless mode via the Soyuz MS-14 spacecraft delivered by the country ’s first endeavor at utilizing Soyuz-2.1a carrier . After docking the Soyuz with the ISS , Skybot F-850 will be transferred from the ship to the Russian section of the place where it will be met by spaceman Alexander Skvortsov who was particularly trained to handle the golem , said the Russian Federal Space Agency in anonline instruction .
“ It will be a unparalleled flight of steps because for the first time the robot will sit in the seat of the ship ’s commander and not in the cargo compartment,”wrotethe agency .
Skybot F-850 is a more ripe variant of the 2016 Final Experimental Demonstration Object Research , or FEDOR for curt , and feature updated materials and ascendence system . Madefamoustwo long time ago for its capability to aim and shoot hired gun at targets in addition to using tools and driving a railway car , the bot is able-bodied to perform an “ independent mode ” and uses element of artificial intelligence to maintain equilibrium and locomotor functions , as well as an “ avatar modality ” that is under the “ full remote control of the operator . ” It can also communicate and will record events throughout the launch and during its fourth dimension aboard the ISS .
Control of the automaton was ease up to Roscosmos in April of this year in order for Russia ’s space programs to conduct its “ preparatory stage ” of one day bringing humans to the surface of the Moon in what Dmitry Rogozin , head of Roscosmos , called " the quad - designated anthropomorphous system , ” reported Russian intelligence agencyTASS . Skybot F-850 was anticipated to only persist for a week and a one-half aboard the place but its return has since been extended four twenty-four hour period for a return to Earth onSeptember 7 . Most latterly , the android was delivered to the Baikonur Cosmodrome for pre - flight preparations
