About 10 seconds after his camera system captured the image of Dr. S Somnath, director of the Indian Space Research Organization's Vikram Sarabhai Space Center, at a stand at an international conference on "Flight and exploration of human space" here on Wednesday "Vyommitra", a "humanoid medium", said: "Hi Dr. Somnath, director of the VSSC". When he appeared in front of the audience, Vyommitra (Vyoma-space, miter-friend) said: “Hi everyone. I'm Vyommitra, the prototype of the humanoid environment, made for the first unmanned mission in Gaganyaan.
The AI-based robotic system was developed in a robotics laboratory at the VSSC of Thiruvananthapuram for an unmanned flight of the ISRO GSLV III rocket in December 2020, which, together with a second unmanned flight in July 2021, will serve as Proof of ISRO's preparation for its first manned space mission, Gaganyaan, will be the target of 2022 to celebrate 75 years of Indian independence.
Vyommitra, equipped with a head, two arms, and a bust, is built to "mimic the crew's activity within the Gaganyaan crew module," said a scientist from the VSSC robotics laboratory. “It's basically a system based on artificial intelligence. He recognized the face of the VSSC director of the attached computer database and turned the text into speech to express identity, "said the scientist.
Once fully developed, Vyommitra will be able to use the equipment onboard the spacecraft crew module, such as safety mechanisms and switches, as well as to receive and act on the commands sent from the ground stations.
"Achieving launch and orbital postures, responding to the environment, generating alerts, replacing carbon dioxide cans, operating switches, monitoring the crew module, receiving voice commands, responding through speech (bilingual)" Among its listed functions. It will have a man-like face, with lips synchronized so that movement imitates language.
Explaining his role, Vyommitra said to the public: “I can monitor the parameters of the form, warn it and perform life support operations. I can do activities like changing panels ... "He said he can also be a partner and talk to astronauts, recognize them and answer their questions.
The robotic system was also developed when ISRO works to make the GSLV III missile system suitable for human flight. “Work is underway for GSLV Mk III with human qualification. He will be ready for the first unmanned flight before the end of the year with a humanoid, "Somnath said.
“There will be many ground tests. The unmanned flight will be the first test flight. We are planning a crew escape system: if it works properly it will be tested on flights before the first unmanned test flight. The unmanned test flight with a humanoid will be the first human qualification flight of the GSLV Mk III, "said ISRO President K Sivan.
“In Gaganyaan, many systems have to be tested before the flight: the human qualification of the propulsion modules, the crew escape system, the airdrop tests ... We are aiming for the first unmanned mission soon. An important part of the work will be done this year, "he said.
With ISRO ready to be the first to attempt to send a manned mission into space without testing animals, flying with Vyommitra will serve as proof of the missile system's ability to bring a human into space and vice versa. Among the key parameters to be tested is the effectiveness of the crew module on which astronauts will fly if their environment favors human flight and the safety factor.
"We are now moving rockets from the nature of launching a critical mission to that of critical security, in which the human being comes into play in a rocket, where human life becomes more important," Somnath said.
ISRO has used a robotic and autonomous system for many of its missions, including the recent Chandrayaan-2 mission in which the Vikram landing module was operating autonomously, using the data stored in its systems, while attempting to perform a soft landing on the surface of the moon.
Meanwhile, four Indian Air Force pilots have been chosen, by a group of 60 pilots, after a rigorous selection process in India and Russia, to be the first astronauts in Gaganyaan. “The selection of astronauts has been completed by a group of IAF test pilots and their generic test flight training will begin shortly. From then on, specific mission training will be conducted in India using a large number of simulators and other facilities, "said the president of ISRO.
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