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'Cyber cosmonaut' Fedor will be sent to the International Space Station
Putin wants space chiefs to make first landing on the moon within 15 years
A key task for Fedor will be to 'assist in construction and use of bases'

By Will Stewart In Moscow for MailOnline

Published: 02:41 EST, 2 December 2016 | Updated: 05:21 EST, 2 December 2016

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These are the first images of the prototype humanoid robot Vladimir Putin hopes will conquer the moon for Russia.

The 'cyber cosmonaut' will be sent to the International Space Station ahead of tackling more ambitious tasks on the lunar landscape.

Pictures show the robot walking, lifting heavy weights, using power tools, performing press-ups and even driving with Russian experts hoping it will one day be able to help build a base on the moon.

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The first images have emerged of the prototype humanoid robot Vladimir Putin hopes will conquer the moon for Russia

Pictures show the robot walking, lifting heavy weights, using power tools, performing press-ups and even driving with Russian experts hoping it will one day be able to help build a base on the moon

The 'cyber cosmonaut' will be sent to the International Space Station ahead of tackling more ambitious tasks on the lunar landscape

Putin's deputy premier Dmitry Rogozin said: 'This thing can work without a space suit, live not only in a crew vehicle, but even outside it. Its name is Fedor.'

He claimed the war in Syria had shown Russia the importance of robots in difficult environments, and promised Fedor would make its space debut in five years.

Putin has also instructed his space chiefs to make a first landing on the moon within 15 years.

A key task for Fedor will be to 'assist in construction and use of bases' on the moon and potentially other planets, said its Russian designers FPI.

Russia claims the war in Syria has shown the importance of robots in difficult environments, and promised Fedor would make its space debut in five years

A key task for Fedor will be to 'assist in construction and use of bases' on the moon and potentially other planets, said its Russian designers FPI

Fedor stands 6ft tall, weighs between 106-160 kg depending on extra equipment, and can lift up to 20 kg of cargo

The robot can 'crawl, stand up after falling down, take and leave driver's seat in a car, use tools and operate in a regular building'.

Fedor stands 6ft tall, weighs between 106-160 kg depending on extra equipment, and can lift up to 20 kg of cargo.

'During space walking missions and on other planets, astronauts will rely on robots,' said Sergei Khurs, head of the project and director of the National Centre for Technology Development and Basic Robotics.

'Their capabilities are equal to those of humans, and in some ways even exceed them.'

Fedor is the equivalent in Russian for Theodore, although in this case it is an acronym standing for Final Experimental Demonstration Object Research

The robot can 'crawl, stand up after falling down, take and leave driver's seat in a car, use tools and operate in a regular building'

The robot is capable of taking on complicated tasks and was put through its paces on an assault course

Russian experts say 'Every hour of work of cosmonauts on space walks costs from $2 million to $4 million'

Vladimir Solntsev, general director of Russian rocket-making corporation Energia, said: 'Our involvement in the Fedor-based space robot project will bring us to the next level in the development of robotic technologies.'

Alexander Grebenshchikov, director of the TSNIImash laboratory of space robotics, said: 'Every hour of work of cosmonauts on space walks costs from $2 million to $4 million (USD).

'The use of robots for routine operations in the future will also spare additional time of the crew for leisure or for the fulfillment of other important tasks.'

Fedor is the equivalent in Russian for Theodore, although in this case it is an acronym standing for Final Experimental Demonstration Object Research.