NPO Android Technics (JSC SPA Android Technics) · space humanoid
FEDOR
Skybot F-850
A rescue humanoid controlled by an operator, with developing autonomous capabilities. ITMO reports a height of up to 180 cm and weight of about 160 kg (ITMO University, 2019).
- Price
- —Not published
- Height
- 182 cmTaller than 91%
- Weight
- 106 kgHeavier than 86%
- Payload
- —Not published
- Speed
- —Not published
- Battery
- —Not published
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Why it matters
Russia's first humanoid in space; rode in the commander's seat of an uncrewed Soyuz to the ISS in August 2019.
Real-world use
Flew on Soyuz MS-14 to the ISS, 22 August-6 September 2019, and tested plugging connectors in weightlessness.
Timeline
- Released
- Not yet
Maker
NPO Android Technics (JSC SPA Android Technics)Company · founded 2009 · Magnitogorsk, Russia51% acquired in July 2025 by JSC Robot Corporation, part of Element Group (price not disclosed)
How it stacks up
Against other humanoids that publish the figure. Pick a measure.
FEDOR (Skybot F-850) is taller than 91% of the 305 other humanoids that publish a height. Bars show the 7 closest in date.
FEDOR (Skybot F-850) is heavier than 86% of the 277 other humanoids that publish a weight. Bars show the 7 closest in date.
Not published by the maker: speed, payload, joints, battery, price.
Public attention
A historic robot: no longer sold or in use, so it is not ranked against current humanoids.
- 383 views of its Wikipedia article in the last 90 days (FEDOR)
- 3 news stories from reputable press listed on this page
Measures how much people read and write about a robot, not how good it is. Measured 2026-10-14; same method for every robot. How it is measured
What’s inside
The parts the company has talked about publicly.
- Hands
- dexterous
- Movement
- Walks on legs
- Actuators & motors
- 48 high-torque permanent-magnet brushless motors from Android Technics' own AT Drive line.
- Sensors & vision
- Gyroscopic system with 48 sensors tracking body position.
- Battery & power
- About 60 minutes of continuous operation; for spaceflight it used the same batteries as Russia's Orlan spacesuits.
- AI & software
- Linux-based real-time OS; copies a remote operator's movements (avatar mode with immersive teleoperation) and can do some tasks on its own.
- Other details
- About 182 cm and 106 kg; walks at about 4 km/h. Originally named Avatar and funded for Russia's Emergencies Ministry; flew in the commander's seat of an uncrewed Soyuz.
Named suppliers:Elmo Motion Control
Lineage
Every Android Technics (NPO Androidnaya Tekhnika) and Russia's Advanced Research Foundation humanoid in order.
Made, sold and where
Unit counts are usually company figures; analysts often disagree.
- Price
- Not published
- How to get one
- No official buying page found
- Sold or delivered
- Never sold
- Where it is sold or used
- Russia; International Space Station (Aug-Sep 2019)
- Customers and pilots
- Roscosmos (ISS flight); Advanced Research Foundation and Emergencies Ministry (sponsors)
News
The latest 3, newest first. Summaries are ours; tap through for the original.
- Soyuz spacecraft, humanoid robot return to Earth after 16-day test flight
The uncrewed Soyuz MS-14 carrying Skybot F-850 landed in Kazakhstan at 21:32 GMT on September 6, 2019.
Spaceflight Now - Russia launches FEDOR to the ISS
Skybot F-850 flew on Soyuz MS-14 from Baikonur to help test robotic crew assistance.
Al Jazeera - Avatar robot renamed FEDOR
Contemporary reporting stated that the robot previously known as Avatar had received the name FEDOR.
Murmansk Vestnik
Side by side with its peers
Picked by the same rules for every humanoid: another maker’s robot that moves the same way, is at the same stage and does at least one of the same main jobs, first shown within two years. Closer size and price rank higher. How we choose
| Measure |  FEDOR (Skybot F-850)Android Technics (NPO Androidnaya Tekhnika) and Russia's Advanced Research Foundation |  THOR / SAFFiRVirginia Tech TREC Lab (for the US Office of Naval Research)Same job: military · Both walk · Both past robots · Similar size |  Atlas (DRC hydraulic Atlas)Boston Dynamics (for DARPA)Same job: military · Both walk · Both past robots · Similar size |
|---|---|---|---|
| First shown | 2016 | 2014-11-03 | 2013-07-11 |
| Status | Retired | Retired | Retired |
| Height | 182 cm | 178 cm | 188 cm |
| Weight | 106 kg | 64 kg | 150 kg |
| Joints | — | — | 28 |
| Speed | — | — | — |
| Payload | — | — | — |
| Battery | — | — | — |
| Price | — | — | $2,000,000 |
Sources
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