---
title: "Russia Just Sent a Gun-Toting, Spacewalking Robot to the ISS"
description: "After a failed docking attempt over the weekend, Russia's humanoid robot Fedor is now on board the International Space Station."
date: "2019-08-27"
modified: "2019-08-27"
authors:
  - name: "Dan Robitzski"
    link: "https://futurism.com/authors/danrobitzski"
url: "https://futurism.com/the-byte/russia-sent-humanoid-robot-space-station"
categories:
  - "Robotics"
  - "Robots and Machines"
tags:
  - "robot"
  - "Russia"
  - "space"
  - "the digest"
---

# Russia Just Sent a Gun-Toting, Spacewalking Robot to the ISS

![After a failed docking attempt over the weekend, Russia's humanoid robot Fedor is now on board the International Space Station.](<https://futurism.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/russia-delivered-humanoid-robot-space-station.jpg>)
*\<em\>Image: Roscosmos\</em\>*

## Easy Does It

Fedor, the humanoid — and [occasionally gun-slinging](<https://futurism.com/humanoid-android-fedor-suppliers>) — robot that the Russian government says will help it [settle other worlds](<https://futurism.com/the-byte/russia-gun-robot-space-station>), is safely aboard the International Space Station after docking Tuesday morning.

The robot [was expected to arrive](<https://futurism.com/the-byte/russia-robot-fedor-space>) over the weekend, but the uncrewed Russian spacecraft's first attempt to dock at the space station didn't quite work out, and it took a few days to regroup and try again, [*Agence France-Presse* ](<https://www.afp.com/en/news/15/spacecraft-carrying-russian-humanoid-robot-docks-iss-doc-1js5t12>)[reports](<https://www.afp.com/en/news/15/spacecraft-carrying-russian-humanoid-robot-docks-iss-doc-1js5t12>). Until next month, Fedor will be putzing around the space station, helping out astronauts with their work while Russian engineers back on Earth monitor how the robot performs in microgravity.

## Take Two

The Russian spacecraft did reach the International Space Station on Saturday, but failed to lock into place while attempting to dock, according to *AFP*. At the time, the Russian space agency told NASA that the problem was likely on the space station's side of things, not the spacecraft's. But on Tuesday, everything went off without a hitch.

"Second time was a charm... the crew is up to seven," a NASA TV commentator said, per *AFP*, [taking some liberties](<https://futurism.com/the-byte/kids-emotionally-attached-robots>) with the humanity of the robot.

The robot will soon begin performing tasks like space walks and other dangerous missions, *AFP* reports, before hitching a ride back home on September 7.

**READ MORE:** [Spacecraft carrying Russian humanoid robot docks at ISS](<https://www.afp.com/en/news/15/spacecraft-carrying-russian-humanoid-robot-docks-iss-doc-1js5t12>) \[*Agence France-Presse*\]

**More on Fedor:** *[Russia's Gun-Shooting Robot Is Heading to the Space Station](<https://futurism.com/the-byte/russia-gun-robot-space-station>)*

## Author
Dan Robitzki is a senior reporter for Futurism, where he likes to cover AI, tech ethics, and medicine. He spends his extra time fencing and streaming games from Los Angeles, California.

### Author social links  
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