Can shoot with two guns-Russia's first robot astronaut goes into space

On August 22nd, the Russian space robot Skybot F-850 "fyodor" took off from Kazakhstan, carrying the MS- 14 spacecraft of the Russian Federation to the space station.

Skybot F-850 will stay in the space station for a week, obey the orders of Russian astronauts on the space station and conduct various tests. After obtaining the key usage data, it will return to earth to accept the next improvement work. Obviously, although this space trip has made Russia step into the field of practical space robots, the significance of testing is still stronger, and the actual capability of Skybot F-850 still needs to be tested.

Skybot F-850 is not the first space robot to go into space, but only the first in Russia. In fact, as early as 2006, NASA's box robot Astrobee went into space. Although their functions are simple, these three robots are still regarded as pioneers in the field of space robots.

In 20 1 1 year, the United States designed the humanoid robot Robonaut 1/2, both of which are relatively advanced dexterous robots. It is worth noting that Robonaut 2 is not only a simple space mission robot, but also embodies the American concept of space commercialization:

With the help of GM's technology, on the one hand, it can help GM build cars automatically on the earth, on the other hand, it can replace astronauts to complete dangerous space operations. Therefore, in addition to the original half-length robot, Robonaut 2 can also install legs, or replace the lower body with a lunar rover, which seems to indicate that the United States intends to use it to return to the moon and prepare for the future moon landing plan.

The United States originally planned to keep Robonaut 2 in space forever, but last year Robonaut 2 began to have many problems, and finally had to return to Earth by dragon spacecraft and make improvements. At present, its next generation is being developed and improved, and its performance is expected to be more advanced.

Europe also has its own space robot CIMON, but it is a companion robot that is responsible for chatting with astronauts. The biggest feature of this robot is the proud "face value", but in other respects, it doesn't seem to stand out.

Of course, Europe is not without ambition. Previously, the European Space Agency spent millions to build a moon-like environment in Cologne, Germany, and simulated the lunar base in it. There are also many robot projects, but at present there is not a decent space robot in Europe. But it doesn't mean that there will be no related robots born in Europe in the future. Therefore, in comparison, the Russian Skybot F-850 can only be regarded as a laggard in the field of space robots.

It was not until 20 14 that the Russian space agency said it would also develop its own space robot. The original intention of research and development seems to be the same as that of the United States, which is to replace astronauts in completing dangerous space tasks, such as going out of the space station to repair external equipment. Because it can be seen in many space movies, this mission often leads to the death of astronauts due to various accidents. Therefore, Skybot F-850 is also a dexterous robot. Functionally, Russian researchers attach great importance to the flexibility of robot hands and the deep imitation of human actions, which makes it possible to operate various maintenance equipment in a complex space like a human.

However, judging from the short films released before, Skybot F-850 can imitate people's actions such as walking, crawling, squatting and standing. It can also imitate people grabbing and using tools, such as holding sponge pads, drilling boards with electric drills, and even driving.

The most interesting thing is that in the video released in Russia, there is a paragraph showing that Skybot F-850 can use two guns like Mark in "The True Color of Heroes". This combative action worried many Americans. They believe that Russia is building a real terminator, not a robot for peaceful purposes. And if Russia throws these robots into space on a large scale, it will undoubtedly become a pawn in the future space war.

In contrast, Russia said that Skybot F-850 is just a maintenance robot, and it is not malicious in itself, but why does Russia have to reveal its video of using weapons in the video? Obviously, what Russia wants to express is that Skybot F-850 is not simple. Of course, in fact, Skybot F-850 is not as single-function as Russia said, it is also a pure maintenance robot. According to the analysis:

Skybot F-850 and its subsequent improved models are likely to be used for Russia to establish a base on the moon. Not necessarily to preempt, but more likely to act as a base guard.

As we all know, although the former Soviet Union created many firsts in the field of space exploration, it was left behind by the United States forever in landing on the moon. According to the declassified files, although the Soviet Union was still ambitious in the 1990s, landing on the moon eventually became the last wish of the Soviet Union. Russia, which has inherited most of the space strength of the Soviet Union, naturally misses this point and is bent on regaining a city in the era of artificial intelligence.

The United States has previously proposed a new "return to the moon." However, instead of simply repeating past historical achievements and simply sending astronauts, the United States is more likely to try to establish a base on the moon. Judging from the plan previously announced by the United States:

But before Russia can truly achieve permanent residence, the most important thing is to explore and use the available resources of the moon and transport a number of robots that can serve people. At present, Russia really wants to use moon ice. Because previous lunar exploration activities show that there are probably water mines on the moon in the form of ice, but their distribution is still unclear. In the lunar exploration activities around 2024, one of Russia's main tasks is to explore the specific location of lunar ice.

Earlier, Russia announced its intention to build an industrial 3D printing device on the moon, which will print out all the requirements of the Russian lunar base. If the two are linked, then 3D printing equipment naturally needs to consume energy, and the energy it relies on is probably the lunar ice mine.

According to technical data, Russia is likely to use solar energy to decompose water obtained from ice mines to obtain hydrogen and oxygen, and then use hydrogen and oxygen to charge fuel cells and maintain the operation of printers. Robots like Skybot F-850 are not only the mainstay of the daily equipment of the lunar base, but also it seems essential to counterattack if they encounter saboteurs. This seems to be the reason why Russians have to teach robots to use light weapons.

Now it seems that the Russian genius science fiction writer Asimov's prediction in 1983 is gradually coming true: as early as 35 years ago, he predicted that humans would March on the moon. Asimov said that "by 20 19, the first human space settlement will appear on the design blueprint", which seems to be true now.

Just what Asimov didn't expect was that in the current era of artificial intelligence, human exploration of outer space has been very different from previous ideas. Because the use of robots will greatly expand the efficiency of space exploration, and even build homes before human alien immigrants, which in the past could only be done by humans themselves.

Of course, the use of machines will also create new problems: if the expensive spacecraft is handed over to the robot for maintenance, who will be responsible for the maintenance? More importantly, it involves the topic of terminator: if humans build bases on the moon one after another, how to explain the attacks launched by robots?

Now, even for the imperfect Skybot F-850, many Americans have regarded it as a spokesman for Russia's sinister intentions. If more advanced robots are born in the future, it will be even more malicious. This is just a famous saying: people always regard themselves as the center of the universe, but in fact, if we can really look at the infinite universe, we will find that people and people's small minds are really too small.