NASA has unveiled a 6 foot Super hero Robot which is named as “Valkrie”
A team of engineers at NASA’s Johnson Space Center built this robot.
Valkyrie (officially designated “R5” by NASA) is a 1.9 meter tall, 125 kilogram, 44 degree of freedom, battery-powered humanoid robot.
It can be used for Mars Exploration in future.
The robot was developed for the DARPA Robotics Challenge which will start in few days.
Its sensors include sonar and LIDAR, as well as head, arm, abdomen, and leg cameras so operators can see whatever the robot is doing from multiple viewpoints.
Unlike the ATLAS robots, Valkyrie is battery powered and operates without a tether.
According to IEEE Spectrum report, a removable battery in its backpack is good for about an hour of activity, and a human can swap in a fresh battery for a spent one in a matter of minutes. Valkyrie’s limbs are removable. A damaged arm can be swapped out for a new one within few minutes. And the left arm can even be swapped with the right arm, since they’re identical in construction.
