Team-BHP - Vyommitra - ISRO's humanoid to be sent to space

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And her name is 'Vyommitra' — a combination of the Sanskrit words Vyoma (Space) and Mitra (friend). Even before orbiting astronauts on India's first manned mission to the space in December 2021, ISRO will send the 'lady robot', in the unmanned Gaganyaan spacecraft.

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ISRO chairman K Sivan said that ISRO would fly the humanoid in the two unmanned flights (in December 2020 and July 2021, according to the space agency) planned before the actual human spaceflight mission in early 2022. “Our robot will be like a human, and be able to do whatever a man can do, although not as extensively as humans," Sivan said.

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Vyommitra is expected to conduct a handful of experiments in space from at least 10 areas on both occasions. These range from testing medical equipment in space to microbiological experiments such as biological air filters and biosensors, and from life support and biomedical waste management to monitoring toxic gases.

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She will also simulate human functions in space and also interact with the environment control life support system. "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," Sivan added.

Source: TOI Newsletter, Article