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

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Officially designated "R5" by NASA

nasa.gov/podcasts/houston-we-have-a-podcast/valkyrie

 

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Article "NASA JSC Unveils 'Valkyrie' DRC Robot"

by Evan Ackerman
December 10, 2013

 

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Valkyrie: NASA's Superhero Robot

Published on Dec 10, 2013

Meet Valkyrie, NASA JSC's DARPA Robotics Challenge humanoid robot.

 

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NASA Valkyrie Mechatronic Development - UT Austin Contributions on Design

Published on Aug 24, 2014

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.

 

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Valkyrie stepping and one legged balance, December 2014

Published on Feb 11, 2015

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.

 

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NASA Wants Help Training Valkyrie Robots to Go to Mars

Published on Jun 26, 2015

NASA has big plans for its Valkyrie humanoid robot.
Learn more:
"NASA Wants Help Training Valkyrie Robots to Go to Mars"

by Evan Ackerman
June 24, 2015

 

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Valkyrie at DARPA's Robotics Challenge Finals on June 6 2015

Published on Sep 23, 2015

 

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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

 

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Meet R5 Valkyrie

Published on Nov 30, 2015

 

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NASA Valkyrie robot assembly time lapse

Published on Apr 6, 2016

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.

 

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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

 

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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

 

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BBC News featuring our new Valkyrie Robot

Published on Aug 14, 2016

 

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Laser-based localization for the NASA Valkyrie

Published on Oct 14, 2016

 

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Article "Prepping a robot for its journey to Mars"

by Meg Murphy
October 18, 2016

 

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Valkyrie robot May 2015

Published on Nov 10, 2016

NASA Johnson Space Center Valkyrie Robot.

 

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Package delivery demo

Published on Jan 17, 2017

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

 

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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.

 

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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.

 

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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.