NASA unveils Valkyrie robot. For real.

[Saruta]

http://www.slashgear.com/nasa-unveils-valkyrie-robot-for-darpa-robotics-challenge-11308358/

I wonder if the one who came up with the name is reading this forum, or should I look for then on robotech.com ?

[miles316]

I assume the man on the video was a fan of Macross/Robotech.

Edited December 13, 2013 by miles316

[wmkjr]

Iron man + scout trooper + ASIMO + Halo enforcer armor= Valkyrie

Taken from the link (with a little editting ):

"One of the goals of the DARPA contest is to create robots that can take over from humans in certain situations without needing any special accommodations, which is why the robot is humanoid."

[Greyryder]

I'm not sure if this is a step up or a step down, from when NASA was trying to make their robots look like Boba Fett.