ISRO Sending Humanoid ‘Vyommitra’ to Space Ahead of Manned Mission

Jan. 23, 2020

Presenting the humanoid at the inaugural session of ISRO’s“Human Spaceflight and Exploration — Present Challenges and Future Trends”in Bengaluru on Wednesday, the agency’s chairman, K. Sivan, told reporters that it will simulate human functions in space and also interact with the environment control life support system. According to him,“It will be simulating exactly the human functions there (in space). It will check whether the system is right. This will be very useful to simulate, as if a human is flying”.

Vyommitraspeaks in a human voice and, will apparently be talking to astronauts and answering their queries in space. In a demo in front of reporters at the event, the robot said:“Hello everyone. I am Vyommitra, the prototype of the half-humanoid, been made for the first unmanned Gaganyaan mission … I can monitor through module parameters, alert you and perform life support operations. I can perform activities like switch panel operations…”.

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