Officially designated "R5" by NASA
nasa.gov/podcasts/houston-we-have-a-podcast/valkyrie
Officially designated "R5" by NASA
nasa.gov/podcasts/houston-we-have-a-podcast/valkyrie
Article "NASA JSC Unveils 'Valkyrie' DRC Robot"
by Evan Ackerman
December 10, 2013
https://youtu.be/IE-YBaYjbqY
Valkyrie: NASA's Superhero Robot
Published on Dec 10, 2013
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Meet Valkyrie, NASA JSC's DARPA Robotics Challenge humanoid robot.
https://youtu.be/MkZWjgzhCrs
NASA Valkyrie Mechatronic Development - UT Austin Contributions on Design
Published on Aug 24, 2014
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This video shows various stages of the making of NASA's humanoid robot Valkyrie. The Valkyrie humanoid robot was built at NASA Johnson Space Center by a medium size group of of mechanical, electronic and embedded systems designers and with leadership from Nic Radford and Rob Ambrose. The Human Centered Robotics Lab at UT Austin provided expertise in the design of rotary series elastic actuators and inspiration for the design of the linear series elastic actuators on the robot's ankles and torso. In particular, the linear series elastic actuators were inspired by the UT-SEA design developed during Nick Paine's thesis as a high performance series elastic actuator. UT Austin also provided expertise on developing robust force controllers of the series elastic actuators and thorough testing on torque tracking and joint position impedance control.
https://youtu.be/5Ee5u2ekE8c
Valkyrie stepping and one legged balance, December 2014
Published on Feb 11, 2015
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Valkyrie robot at IHMC taking some steps and doing one legged balance routine. Robot is designed and built by NASA JSC. Control algorithms by IHMC. Funding for IHMC provided through NSF/NASA National Robotics Initiative.
https://youtu.be/C3_Q20gG_ug
NASA Wants Help Training Valkyrie Robots to Go to Mars
Published on Jun 26, 2015
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NASA has big plans for its Valkyrie humanoid robot.
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"NASA Wants Help Training Valkyrie Robots to Go to Mars"
by Evan Ackerman
June 24, 2015
https://youtu.be/yuKYSvnZbMI
Valkyrie at DARPA's Robotics Challenge Finals on June 6 2015
Published on Sep 23, 2015
Article "NASA gives MIT a humanoid robot to develop software for future space missions"
Team led by Professor Russ Tedrake of CSAIL to develop algorithms for 6-foot-tall “Valkyrie” robot to travel to Mars and beyond.
by Adam Conner-Simons
November 17, 2015
https://youtu.be/k_qseK42VY8
Meet R5 Valkyrie
Published on Nov 30, 2015
https://youtu.be/68WA4mdOQd8
NASA Valkyrie robot assembly time lapse
Published on Apr 6, 2016
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On April 6, 2016, NASA delivered a Valkyrie robot to UMass Lowell's NERVE Center. Researchers from Northeastern University (Taskin Padir and Robert Platt) and UMass Lowell (Holly Yanco) are collaborating to develop new capabilities for the robot.