Valkyrie, humanoid robot, NASA Johnson Space Cente, Houston, Texas, USA

**Airicist** · 28th April 2016, 15:30

Valkyrie arrives at UMass Lowell

Published on Apr 6, 2016

The state-of-the-art NASA robot prototype Valkyrie has arrived at UMassLowell! The R5 robot, also known as “Valkyrie,” will stay at the New England Robotics Validation and Experimentation (NERVE) Center for the next two years as part of a research collaboration between Northeastern University and UMass Lowell.
Produced by Alfonso Velasquez
UMass Lowell Office of University Relations

Valkyrie comes to CSAIL

Published on Apr 28, 2016

CSAIL researchers received the 6-foot-tall, 300-pound "Valkyrie" robot
from NASA with the goal of programming it to autonomously perform a
variety of tasks that would allow it to help or even replace astronauts
on future space missions. The team's work will focus on developing

"NASA's 6-foot-tall humanoid robot has landed at CSAIL!"
Valkyrie will be programmed to autonomously perform a variety of tasks, with the ultimate goal of being used for future space missions to Mars and beyond. (photo credit: Jason Dorfman)

by Adam Conner-Simons
April 28, 2016

**Airicist** · 7th May 2016, 20:36

Initial progress with Edinburgh's Valkyrie robot

Published on May 4, 2016

NASA engineers delivered the state-of-the-art Valkyrie humanoid robot in early March. This video demonstrates initial progress from the University of Edinburgh Humanoid robotics team

Edinburgh's NASA Valkyrie robot picking a box from a table

Published on May 4, 2016

**Airicist** · 14th August 2016, 13:57

BBC News featuring our new Valkyrie Robot

Published on Aug 14, 2016

**Airicist** · 14th October 2016, 23:43

Laser-based localization for the NASA Valkyrie

Published on Oct 14, 2016

**Airicist** · 29th October 2016, 16:47

Article "Prepping a robot for its journey to Mars"

by Meg Murphy
October 18, 2016

**Airicist** · 10th November 2016, 18:48

Valkyrie robot May 2015

Published on Nov 10, 2016

NASA Johnson Space Center Valkyrie Robot.

**Airicist** · 18th January 2017, 22:39

Package delivery demo

Published on Jan 17, 2017

A short teleoperated demo combining footstep planning, whole body motion planning and high level scripting logic.

**Airicist** · 9th April 2017, 22:27

Northeastern puts NASA’s Valkyrie space robots through its paces

Published on Mar 17, 2017

The Massachusetts school has been tasked with prepping the humanoid robot for future missions to Mars.

**Airicist** · 15th June 2017, 12:06

Valkyrie autonomously crossing stepping stones

Published on Jun 15, 2017

Valkyrie robot autonomously crossing stepping stones. Valkyrie hardware is designed and built by NASA Johnson Space Center. Control algorithm by IHMC Robotics. Point cloud gathered from LIDAR sensor is then processed to find planar regions in the world. Simple footstep planner plans footsteps on the planar regions, to a goal location specified by the operator.

**Airicist** · 15th June 2017, 12:07

Valkyrie autonomous path planning over curved uneven path

Published on Jun 15, 2017

Valkyrie robot autonomously crossing stepping stones. Valkyrie hardware is designed and built by NASA Johnson Space Center. Control algorithm by IHMC Robotics (IHMC Robotics Lab). Point cloud gathered from LIDAR sensor is then processed to find planar regions in the world. Simple footstep planner plans footsteps on the planar regions, to a goal location specified by the operator.