""Teledroid" exoskeleton went to the ISS on Progress MS-35"

""Teledroid"" anthropomorphic robot control equipment was sent to the International Space Station aboard the Progress MS-35 cargo ship. We are talking about a master device of a copying type — an exoskeleton, which the operator puts on to control the robot. This was announced on September 16 by Evgeny Dudorov, Deputy General Director of JSC "Robotics Corporation".

""The main goal of the "Teledroid" space experiment is to create technology for operational support of an astronaut's activities in space directly on board the International Space Station," said Dudorov.

According to him, the technology provides for the operation of the "Teledroid" both inside the ISS and outside the station. First, the cosmonaut operator will practice control with a virtual robot model, then the tests will take place with a physical machine inside the station. At the next stage, the robot will work on the outer surface of the ISS, while the operator will remain inside the station.

""Teledroid" itself will go into orbit by the next cargo ship — on "Progress MS-36" in November. Thus, the control equipment and the robot itself will be delivered to the ISS in two stages.

"Then the second block, when the executive system, that is, an anthropomorphic robot, arrives on the ISS, the operator will connect to this robot and perform the same set of actions inside the ship as with the virtual model," Dudorov explained.

After that, it is planned to check the control of the robot outside the station. The cosmonaut operator will stay inside the ISS, connect to the machine and use it to perform operations on the outer surface of the station. During the tests, it is expected to work with various tools and objects, including a hammer, a carbine, a ratchet wrench and electrical connectors.

According to Dudorov, one of the objectives of the experiment is to test how microgravity affects the performance of these operations and how applicable the developed technologies are in real space conditions.

"When a robot can be in conditions without air, in vacuum conditions, when exposed to solar radiation, and in extreme temperatures, an astronaut can be in fairly comfortable conditions directly inside the space station," the expert noted.

In the future, such robotic solutions can be used not only in orbit. Dudorov said that the components of the "Teledroid" system are planned to be used on robotic complexes for work on the Moon, including various types of lunar rovers and mobile anthropomorphic robots.

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