Using both arms, Russia’s humanoid robot named Fedor, can now learn to shoot.
According to Deputy Prime minister Dmitry Rogozin, humanoid robot F.E.D.O.R., is all set to fly into space in 2021, is now capable of shooting using both of his arms.
The Sun
“The robot of the F.E.D.O.R. platform showed skills of firing using both arms. Currently the work on fine motor skills and decision algorithms is underway,” Rogozin wrote on his Twitter post.
“Робот платформы F.E.D.O.R. показал навыки стрельбы с двух рук. Идёт работа над мелкой моторикой и алгоритмами принятия”
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— Дмитрий Рогозин (@Rogozin) April 13, 2017
Deputy PM Rogozin said on his Tweet.
According to the high-ranking official, training to shoot is a way of teaching the robot to instantaneously prioritize targets and make decisions.
“We are not creating a terminator but artificial intelligence which will have a great practical importance in various fields,” he added.
Russian government is expected that “Fedor” will help astronauts work in open space and serve at the station.
“…который будет иметь огромное прикладное значение в самых разных сферах”
— Дмитрий Рогозин (@Rogozin) April 13, 2017
Meanwhile, it was reported in different local news that the first flight of the Russian next-generation Federation spacecraft will be unmanned and it will be guided by Fedor.
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“The unmanned launch and autonomous flight of our new spacecraft will take place in 2021. … It is expected, and all relevant decisions have already been made, that robot Fedor will be the first pilot,” Yevgeny Mikrin, Roscosmos general designer of the manned spacecraft, said.
In addition to the disclosed report, “Fedor” will also be able to perform service work on the orbital station during the absence of people on it.
Earlier, Moscow’s Energia Space Corporation said that the Federation, which is 80 percent built of composite materials, will be manufactured by 2021.
It was also reported that the new spacecraft will replace the aging Soyuz spacecraft in supporting low Earth orbit missions of the country.
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