Valkyrie (R5)

NASA · USA · unveiled in 2013

prototype

A fully electric humanoid from NASA's Johnson Space Center, built for the DARPA Robotics Challenge Trials in 2013. The team later improved it, and it serves as a research platform, among other things for the Space Robotics Challenge.

Applications

• research and education [1] [2]
• space and hazardous environments (according to the manufacturer) [1] [2]

Data

Data on Valkyrie (R5)

degrees of freedom	44 [1] [2]
height	6 ft 2 in (approx. 1.88 m) (according to the manufacturer) [1]
weight	300 lb (approx. 136 kg) (according to the manufacturer) [1]

Sources

• NASA – R5 (Valkyrie)
• IEEE Spectrum – NASA JSC Unveils Valkyrie DRC Robot

In the History of robots

• 2013 – NASA's Valkyrie in the DARPA competition

The full History of robots →