Russian Avatar anthropomorphic robot ready to be tested in 2015 to perform rescue missions
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Military defense industry Technology - Avatar robot of Russia
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The Avatar anthropomorphic robot developed with the support of Russia’s Foundation for Advanced Research Projects will have to overcome an obstacle course and operate vehicles by the end of the year. This was announced by Chairman of the Scientific and Technical Council and Deputy Director General of the Foundation for Advanced Research Projects, Vitaly Davydov.
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 This spring, Russian Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Rogozin. has published an article about the prospects of developing a robot avatar. |
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“In accordance with the program of this project, the robot will have to pass an obstacle course by the end of the year. The Avatar will have to overcome its elements, demonstrate the ability to operate a variety of technical devices, including a car, and climb a ladder,” Mr. Davydov stated. The anthropomorphic robot was originally developed in the interests of the Ministry of Emergency Situations to ensure the work of rescue services under dangerous and severe conditions. However, it was decided that most of the robot components could be used to accomplish combat missions.Future prospects of "2045" Initiative for society 2015-2020 The emergence and widespread use of affordable android "avatars" controlled by a "brain-computer" interface. Coupled with related technologies “avatars’ will give people a number of new features: ability to work in dangerous environments, perform rescue operations, travel in extreme situations etc. Avatar components will be used in medicine for the rehabilitation of fully or partially disabled patients giving them prosthetic limbs or recover lost senses. 2020-2025 Creation of an autonomous life-support system for the human brain linked to a robot, ‘avatar’, will save people whose body is completely worn out or irreversibly damaged. Any patient with an intact brain will be able to return to a fully functioning bodily life. Such technologies will greatly enlarge the possibility of hybrid bio-electronic devices, thus creating a new IT revolution and will make all kinds of superimpositions of electronic and biological systems possible. 2030-2035 Creation of a computer model of the brain and human consciousness with the subsequent development of means to transfer individual consciousness onto an artificial carrier. This development will profoundly change the world, it will not only give everyone the possibility of cybernetic immortality but will also create a friendly artificial intelligence, expand human capabilities and provide opportunities for ordinary people to restore or modify their own brain multiple times. The final result at this stage can be a real revolution in the understanding of human nature that will completely change the human and technical prospects for humanity. 2045 This is the time when substance-independent minds will receive new bodies with capacities far exceeding those of ordinary humans. A new era for humanity will arrive! Changes will occur in all spheres of human activity – energy generation, transportation, politics, medicine, psychology, sciences, and so on. Today it is hard to imagine a future when bodies consisting of nanorobots will become affordable and capable of taking any form. It is also hard to imagine body holograms featuring controlled matter. One thing is clear however: humanity, for the first time in its history, will make a fully managed evolutionary transition and eventually become a new species. Moreover, prerequisites for a large-scale expansion into outer space will be created as well. |
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