Post by sherlew99 on Dec 12, 2013 10:24:50 GMT -6
Meet Valkyrie: NASA's Superhero-Like Walking Robot Unmasked
by Miriam Kramer, Staff Writer | December 11, 2013 04:17pm ET
The newest humanoid robot from NASA just might be mistaken for a superhero.
The space agency's new Valkyrie — a 6 foot 2 inch tall (1.9 meters) robot with a glowing NASA logo on its chest — bears an uncanny resemblance to Marvel's superhero Iron Man, but this space age automaton was built for work, not comic book heroics. A team of engineers at NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston, Tex., designed and built Valkyrie in just nine months, according to press reports.
by Miriam Kramer, Staff Writer | December 11, 2013 04:17pm ET
The newest humanoid robot from NASA just might be mistaken for a superhero.
The space agency's new Valkyrie — a 6 foot 2 inch tall (1.9 meters) robot with a glowing NASA logo on its chest — bears an uncanny resemblance to Marvel's superhero Iron Man, but this space age automaton was built for work, not comic book heroics. A team of engineers at NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston, Tex., designed and built Valkyrie in just nine months, according to press reports.
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