Earth to FEDOR: Russia launches humanoid robot into space
A still image shows robot Skybot F-850 inside a spacecraft carried by Soyuz-2.1a booster after the launch from the Baikonur Cosmodrome/ MOSCOW (Reuters) - A Russian humanoid robot was making its way on Thursday to the International Space Station after blasting off on a two-week mission to support the crew and test his skills. Known as FEDOR, which stands for Final Experimental Demonstration Object Research, the Skybot F-850 is the first humanoid robot to be sent to space by Russia. NASA sent humanoid robot Robonaut 2 to space in 2011 to ...
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