NASA advances humanoid robots for our future in space

At the DARPA 2015 Tech Expo Kris Verdeyen Chief Engineer on the Valkyrie Project at NASA gives us a glimpse into the future of space and ground biased robotic astronauts. “NASA Johnson Space Center is developing a next-generation humanoid robot and control paradigm capable of performing dynamic, dexterous and perception-intensive tasks in a variety of scenarios. NASA JSC’s development approach will apply successful practices that have been used to develop multiple generations of Robonaut and related techno