NASA unveiled Valkyrie - a humanoid robot that will participate in the final competition DARPA
In the final round of the DARPA robotics challenge competition, which will be held on December 20-21, NASA will be represented by the humanoid Valkyrie robot, the heir to Robonaut - a robot that is already undergoing tests on the ISS. Robonaut was designed to work in zero gravity conditions - he has no legs at all, it’s just a torso with a head and arms. Valkyrie is a complete humanoid. His height - 190 cm, weight - 125 kg. Batteries last for an hour of battery life. In NASA, we have worked hard on the convenience of operating the robot - not only the battery, but also the hands and other main components are easily removed and changed.
Valkyrie is dressed in a suit with a soft-lined fabric - this is not only to further protect the robot itself, but also for the convenience and safety of people who may have to work with it in the crowded space station or the Martian base. Mars is the main goal of the developers. As conceived by NASA engineers, such robots can fly there before people to build livable rooms and help the first colonists expand them.
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Although the DARPA competition has several other goals, namely the creation of robots that will replace people in dangerous conditions on the ground, in disaster zones or catastrophes, the competitive tasks are quite universal and will be a good test of Valkyrie abilities. The robot has 44 degrees of freedom. There are cameras and a lidar on his head, in the abdomen - additional cameras and sonar, besides there are cameras on the wrists, hips and legs of the robot - even in the most inaccessible places he will not have to work blindly.
An interesting feature of the robot is that the designers have definitely tried to impart feminine features to Valkyrie - not only the name of the robot, but also the shape of the body clearly hints at this. Officially at NASA, it is believed that Valkyrie is a sexless humanoid. Most of the other participants in the DARPA robotics challenge are either completely devoid of traits associated with the masculine and feminine or, like the Boston Dynamics robots, more masculine.
A team of 55 people worked on the creation of Valkyrie for 9 months. According to the project manager, Nikolaus Redford, the development was almost around the clock, the team members worked in shifts to finish the robot by the finals of the DARPA competition.
Source: IEEE Spectrum .
Valkyrie is dressed in a suit with a soft-lined fabric - this is not only to further protect the robot itself, but also for the convenience and safety of people who may have to work with it in the crowded space station or the Martian base. Mars is the main goal of the developers. As conceived by NASA engineers, such robots can fly there before people to build livable rooms and help the first colonists expand them.
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Although the DARPA competition has several other goals, namely the creation of robots that will replace people in dangerous conditions on the ground, in disaster zones or catastrophes, the competitive tasks are quite universal and will be a good test of Valkyrie abilities. The robot has 44 degrees of freedom. There are cameras and a lidar on his head, in the abdomen - additional cameras and sonar, besides there are cameras on the wrists, hips and legs of the robot - even in the most inaccessible places he will not have to work blindly.
An interesting feature of the robot is that the designers have definitely tried to impart feminine features to Valkyrie - not only the name of the robot, but also the shape of the body clearly hints at this. Officially at NASA, it is believed that Valkyrie is a sexless humanoid. Most of the other participants in the DARPA robotics challenge are either completely devoid of traits associated with the masculine and feminine or, like the Boston Dynamics robots, more masculine.
A team of 55 people worked on the creation of Valkyrie for 9 months. According to the project manager, Nikolaus Redford, the development was almost around the clock, the team members worked in shifts to finish the robot by the finals of the DARPA competition.
Source: IEEE Spectrum .
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