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19.06.2017

NASA releases footage of robot 'Valkyrie'

Scientists from the United States space agency NASA teamed up with the Johnson Space Center to test the agency's new robot Valkyrie, an android that has a head, two arms and two legs. The robot is expected to be sent to Mars in the future.

A humanoid robot known as Valkyrie that could one day walk on Mars has been showing off its skills in a new video.

Named after the female war spirits of Norse mythology, Valkyrie walks on two legs and has jointed arms and hands that can grasp objects.

Designed and built by NASA's Johnson Space Center, Valkyrie will walk on Mars before the first human explorers, who are expected to reach the Red Planet in the mid-2030s .

The humanoid design was chosen to make it easier for Valkyrie to work alongside people so that, for instance, no special ramps have to be provided to accommodate wheels.

In the video, Valkyrie is shown walking over a series of stepping stones in a curved, uneven path, without stumbling once.

All the decisions about where Valkyrie will place its foot next and how to counterbalance its weight are made autonomously, thanks to a control algorithm developed by IHMC Robotics, which acts as the robot's brain.

This algorithm gathers data about the environment using a spinning laser radar or "Lidar" system housed in its face - similar to those used in driverless cars.

The instrument measures the distance to objects by firing pulses of light at surfaces and timing how long it takes the reflected "echoes" to bounce back.

It then processes this data to identify flat "planar regions" that are suitable for stepping on, before plotting out footsteps to reach a specified location.

Maintaining balance is one of the biggest hurdles to be crossed when designing a walking humanoid robot, according to IHMC Robotics.

Valkyrie overcomes this problem by rapidly computing in real time how to alter its centre of mass position to stay upright.

The robot has no "ears" and cannot speak, but it is equipped with a pair of stereoscopic camera "eyes", cameras on its belly, and an intricate set of force sensors to help it react to touch and pressure.

The robot has a total of 34 "degrees of freedom" - essentially, modes in which it can move - but it is expected acquire more dexterous capabilities over the next few years.

Source: http://www.mirror.co.uk/tech/nasas-valkyrie-humanoid-robot-one-10633818




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