Part Transformer, part Star Wars stormtrooper and with hands that look like they can crush beer cans, at 1.8 metres tall and weighing 120 kilograms, NASA’s Valkyrie robot is an intimidating figure.

An curved arrow pointing right. NASA originally created its Valkyrie robot to compete in a competition for search-and-rescue robots. Now the organization is trying to make Valkyrie better ...

If successful, human workers can expect to work side-by-side with humanoid robots. With the appearance of a robotic superhero and a name from Norse mythology, Valkyrie (aka R5) is certainly ...

NASA has built a 6ft 2in “superhero robot" that it named Valkyrie. Robots like this one may be the first to be sent to Mars before humans arrive on the Red Planet, says NASA's Nicolaus Radford.

Six teams will go head-to-head to build the ultimate disaster relief robot. The challenge: to compete in eight different tasks for the chance at a $2 million prize. This is Valkyrie, built by the ...

Nasa's Valkyrie robot was built by the Johnson Space Center to compete in a 2013 robotics challenge trial. Weighing 300lb and standing at 6ft2in, it looks not unlike a Star Wars Stormtrooper ...

After building and testing 15 different types of robots, including NASA's Valkyrie Robot, Apptronik developed the current iteration of Apollo. Standing 5 feet 8 inches and weighing 160 pounds, Apollo ...

Part Transformer, part Star Wars stormtrooper and with hands that look like they can crush beer cans, at 1.8 metres tall and ...