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Valkyrie: NASA's Superhero Robot

Ron CzapalaRon Czapala Posts: 2,418
edited 2013-12-15 03:18 in General Discussion
http://news.yahoo.com/meet-valkyrie-nasa-39-superhero-walking-robot-unmasked-130101451.html

The space agency's new Valkyrie — a 6 foot 2 inch tall (1.9 meters) robot with a glowing NASA logo on its chest — bears an uncanny resemblance to Marvel's superhero Iron Man, but this space age automaton was built for work, not comic book heroics. A team of engineers at NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston, Tex., designed and built Valkyrie in just nine months, according to press reports.

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