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Valkyrie (R5)Valkyrie2013Robonaut 2 (R2)Robonaut 22010Robonaut 1Robonaut 11997
Government labUnited StatesSince 1961

NASA Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center

NASA's centre for human spaceflight, astronaut training and Mission Control. Its robotics teams built Robonaut 1 with DARPA, Robonaut 2 with General Motors (flown on the ISS 2011-2018) and the Valkyrie (R5) humanoid for the DARPA Robotics Challenge.

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33 humanoids
First robot
1997Latest 2013
Headquarters
HoustonUnited States
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  1. ResearchValkyrie (R5)NASA Johnson Space Center · 2013ValkyrieR5Price not publishedNot for sale yetStairs
  2. RetiredRobonaut 2 (R2)NASA Johnson Space Center and General Motors · 2010Robonaut 2R2No longer soldNo skills shown in public yet
  3. RetiredRobonaut 1NASA Johnson Space Center · 1997Robonaut 1No longer soldNo skills shown in public yet

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  • Valkyrie (R5)Valkyrie2013 · Research

    NASA lent Valkyrie units to university labs (for example UMass Lowell and MIT, 2016) for space-robotics research.

  • Robonaut 2 (R2)Robonaut 22010 · Retired

    Worked in the ISS Destiny lab from 2011; climbing legs were added in 2014; returned to Earth for repair in 2018 and is now displayed at the Smithsonian's Udvar-Hazy Center.

  • Robonaut 1Robonaut 11997 · Retired

    Ground testbed only; later units were put on a Segway base (2003) and the Centaur wheeled base (2006).

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Founded
1961
Headquarters
Houston, United States
Focus
Dexterous humanoids that can use astronaut tools and work in space or disaster zones
Funding
US federal government (NASA)
Partners
DARPA (Robonaut 1); General Motors (Robonaut 2, Space Act Agreement 2007); MIT, Northeastern University, UMass Lowell and University of Edinburgh (Valkyrie loans)

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