---
title: "Watch Russia’s Gun-Toting Robot Use a Power Drill on the ISS"
description: "In a first-person view video uploaded to Twitter by Russia's space agency today, humanoid robot Fedor can be seen manning an electric drill."
date: "2019-09-03"
modified: "2019-09-03"
authors:
  - name: "Victor Tangermann"
    job_title: "Senior Editor"
    link: "https://futurism.com/authors/victor"
url: "https://futurism.com/the-byte/watch-russia-humanoid-robot-fedor-electric-drill-space"
categories:
  - "Robotics"
  - "Robots and Machines"
tags:
  - "fedor"
  - "humanoid robot"
  - "Roscosmos"
  - "the digest"
---

# Watch Russia’s Gun-Toting Robot Use a Power Drill on the ISS

![In a first-person view video uploaded to Twitter by Russia's space agency today, humanoid robot Fedor can be seen manning an electric drill.](<https://futurism.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/watch-russia-humanoid-robot-fedor-electric-drill-space.jpg>)
*\<em\>Image: Roscosmos\</em\>*

## Just a Drill

Last month, the Russian space agency sent a humanoid robot called Fedor — which had previously been shown blasting out rounds with a pistol — [to the International Space Station](<https://futurism.com/the-byte/russia-robot-fedor-space>).

And today we get an update from its brief visit in space: a first-person video uploaded today to Twitter by the agency shows Fedor flailing his arms around, using an electric drill and what appears to be a white towel.

https://twitter.com/FEDOR37516789/status/1168895910522380290

## I'll Be Back

Luckily, the robotic gunslinger was under the control of Russian cosmonaut Aleksey Ovchinin, who can be seen wrestling the drill out of Fedor's grasp toward the end of the clip.

The life-sized humanoid robot will be leaving the ISS in a matter of days, ending its two week vacation in Earth's orbit. While in space, Fedor was taught how to connect and disconnect electric cables and use tools, including an electric drill.

The idea is to replace tasks that are otherwise dangerous to humans — including deep space missions and spacewalks.

**READ MORE:** [See Russia's daring humanoid robot Fedor wield an electric drill in space](<https://www.cnet.com/news/see-russian-humanoid-robot-fedor-wield-an-electric-drill-in-space/>) \[*CNET*\]

**More on Fedor:** [Russia Just Sent Its First Robot to Space](<https://futurism.com/the-byte/russia-robot-fedor-space>)

## Author
I've been at Futurism since 2017, where my role has evolved to encompass design, writing, and increasingly editing. I've always been fascinated by space exploration and advanced transportation, which I've leaned into by interviewing luminaries in those fields while closely following the dimensions of policy and regulation that allow next-generation projects to succeed -- or, sometimes, to fail. I'm also keenly interested in the effects of generative AI on society, policies, and democratic institutions, as well as clean energy, physics and biology, and the vagaries of tech leadership. My work for Futurism has been cited by publications including Ars Technica, Gizmodo, PC Magazine, Jalopnik, Fox News, and the New York Post. I spent my childhood living in locations including Manila, the Philippines, and Geneva, Switzerland, attended McGill University, and now live in Toronto, Canada. Before Futurism I worked at AskMen and a small photography studio. In my free time, I'm an avid gardener, foodie, and craft beer lover, as well as a maker of artisanal hot pepper sauces. I have a magnificent dog named Freida.

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