FEDOR (Skybot F-850)
FEDOR was a Russian teleoperated humanoid developed by Android Technics and the Advanced Research Foundation that flew on Soyuz MS-14 to the ISS in August 2019, the first humanoid to ride a Soyuz.
We have not sat down with this one. The score below is computed from the data we hold, and the facts on this page are sourced. It is not on sale, so there is nothing to recommend.
How the score is built
Capability is what the machine physically does. Value compares it with others at a similar price, not with the whole market. Buyability asks whether you can really order one. Ecosystem is the software and community around it. Proof is what it has done in the field, which is where most humanoids score badly and should.
- Status
- Retired
- Category
- historic
- First revealed
- 2016
- Form
- bipedal
- Height
- 180 cm
- Weight
- 160 kg
- Payload
- 20 kg
- Degrees of freedom
- n/a
- Battery
- n/a
- Runtime
- 1 h
- Walking speed
- n/a
- Actuation
- electric
- Units deployed (est.)
- not disclosed
- Teleoperation
- yes
Where it stands
Flew to the International Space Station in August 2019 and was retired afterwards.
What stands out
- Flew on Soyuz MS-14 to the ISS, August 2019
Autonomy, observed
Shooting and driving demos in Russia (teleoperated); on the ISS it was mostly controlled by cosmonaut Alexander Skvortsov.
Primarily operated via an exoskeleton avatar rig.
Hands, sensors, brain
- Hands: five-finger hands
Price and volume
Not for sale.
How long does a humanoid robot actually run
22 of 182 humanoids on record quote a runtime. The claims run from 1 to 8 hours with a median of 4, and of the 44 machines you can order, 4 say anything at all.
Startups, automakers, universities: who builds humanoids
108 makers, nine kinds. Startups hold 37 of the 44 humanoids you can order. Automakers, universities, big tech, conglomerates and NASA hold 45 robots between them and sell none of them.
Sources
- 01FEDOR, WikipediaWikipedia
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