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Valkyrie (R5)

② PrototypeBipedAnnounced 2013-12

A bipedal humanoid built by NASA's Johnson Space Center in about 15 months that competed in the 2013 DARPA Robotics Challenge trials, with series elastic actuators and hands with three fingers and a thumb. Its hands, ankles and sensors were later improved, walking algorithms were implemented with IHMC, and it was used in the Space Robotics Challenge.

Specs

ItemValueConfidenceSource
Height cm188 Officialnasa.gov
Weight kg136 Officialnasa.gov
Total degrees of freedom44 Officialnasa.gov
Runtime h1 Officialnasa.gov
Battery kWh1.8 Officialnasa.gov

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Valkyrie (R5) illustration