General Director of the Roscosmos State Corporation for Space Activities Dmitry Rogozin was received by Vladimir Putin to discuss the performance of the corporation, presidential web page reports.
Rogozin told about a humanoid robot, which will be sent to the ISS to help the crew. The project was launched back in 2012 under a contract of the Foundation for Advanced Research Projects.
“The potential risks of working in outer space, especially in open space, are huge,” Rogozin said. “We have created a backup system in the form of an avatar. We will be the first in the world to launch this object, a space robot, to the ISS on August 22. Its name is FEDOR, Final Experimental Demonstration Object Research. This robot will copy the cosmonauts’ actions. Initially, it will be controlled from the station, but later we plan to learn to control its actions from the Flight Control Centre. There are also plans that in the future this robot will be used to fly into deep space.”
Speaking of the corporation’s economic performance, he pointed out, “We plan to greatly increase our consolidated proceeds this year, to RUR 444 bln from 352 bln last year.”