NASA's Robot Ironman Will Save the Day

Another awesome humanoid robot has been built-- this time by NASA. It's called Valkyrie. He's a massive 6'2", 280 pounds of amazing engineering. Trace tell us all about it.

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NASA's Valkyrie robot is a 6-foot 'superhero' designed to save you from disasters
"NASA has created a robot for DARPA's upcoming Robotics Challenge Trials. The Valkyrie is a 6-foot-2-inch humanoid machine with detachable arms, sonar sensors, mounted cameras, and a glowing Tony Stark-esque circle in the middle of its chest."

NASA JSC Unveils 'Valkyrie' DRC Robot
"When we visited the JSC team to meet their DRC robot, we had no idea what to expect. Or rather, we were expecting to see something like Robonaut's torso on top of a pair of beefy legs."

What is the DRC?
"The DRC is a competition of robot systems and software teams vying to develop robots capable of assisting humans in responding to natural and man-made disasters."

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[MAMAsby]

Can it walk up stairs without falling over?

[DarthStuticus]

Valkyrie, coming from the Norse 'angels' of the same name, were always female. The Valkyrie bot, if assigned a gender. would have to be female.

[Dungen]

If her name's 'Valkyrie' she's not Iron Man: she's Rescue.

[necessaryevil]

Robots are a great idea until their chest glows red.

[abrahamchapman]

In the war between humans and machines, I know who's side I'm on.

Here's a hint, it's not team meatbag

[RodneyWilder]

She'd be perfect to take my dogs for a walk when it's -40, cause that's somewhere no man or woman wants to go. 

[jacobjericho]

it looks quite impressive, and the sonar, and cameras are cools too, but until i can see what he can do, i cant judge his performance,  

[TorchyThePyro]

First it's this master of machinery, next it's the entire Trade Federation. GET READY FOR DROIDS, PEOPLE!

[Snailman]

YES! this is going to be awesome! robots fighting wars instead of humans, robots going into dangerous situations to save humans. the future is going to be much safer.

[RaymondGroot]

Meanwhile in China they have a city dedicated to spawning some sophisticated AI in the form of such robots.. No DARPA iPhone in the shape of a human, but working towards the maid from the Jetsons - some seriously intelligent shizzle. Ironic that for some reason I'm more afraid of the US building intelligent robots than China.... I guess China wasn't represented in the Matrix as much.

[robertw]

If it's from Nasa. It's always going to be AWESOME.

[DanaTheLateBloomingFruitLoop]

I am both terrified and excited by the thought that the future is here.

[trustyEXE]

Is this gonna end up like Shadow Moses? Gotta save the DARPA Chief.

[Uinuja]

I have no emotion towards this fight or flight dilemma, but an overwhelming sensation of 'about friggin time!' If you catch my drift. Thank you very much!

[EQOAnostalgia]

Robotics are CRUCIAL for space exploration. We simply can't take the same risks, especially in terms of radiation exposure. Robotics are the future as far as space is concerned

[SvereignX]

It reminds me of something you'd get if Azimo and a Cylon had a child, but an awesome one

[AlexTheMary]

Awww! They should make a baby That would be sweet!

[KenTheTrul]

I love how fast we are approaching robotics. Which is why I still believe human augmentation will be here by 2021

[TheLordDhaos]

Am I the only one seeing the pun they made? Valkyrie or 'Val' with a glowing light, going into space, helping humans.. like HAL.

[jankoning]

the robot is going to be a weapon in future warfare