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From lifting weights to driving a jeep, Russia's humanoid has learned a range of skills for when it takes off for a mission to the moon in 2021.
Deemed the 'cyber cosmonaut', Fedor has now demonstrated a new skill that is vital in developing its fine motor skills and decision algorithms.
The massive robot's latest venture brought it to a shooting range where it squared up in front of a target, pulled the trigger and shot its first handgun with both hands.
Fedor was unveiled last December and is part of Vladimir Putin's strategic plan to conquer the moon for Russia and was first revealed last December.
'This thing can work without a space suit, live not only in a crew vehicle, but even outside it. Its name is Fedor,' Putin's deputy premier Dmitry Rogozin said during Fedor's debut.
He claimed the war in Syria had shown Russia the importance of robots in difficult environments, and promised Fedor would make its space debut in five years.
Putin has also instructed his space chiefs to make a first landing on the moon within 15 years.
Now, the humanoid has demonstrated it is able to determine targets, as it is capable of honing in on specific points - which will come in handy when it begins building a Russian base on the moon.
'The robot of the F.E.D.O.R. platform showed skills of firing using both arms. Currently the work on fine motor skills and decision algorithms is underway,' Rogozin wrote on his Twitter.