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NASA Valkyrie R5 humanoid robot
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ROBOT / SPACE RESEARCH HUMANOID ROBOT

Valkyrie (R5)

Valkyrie is NASA's rugged, electric humanoid research platform for degraded human-engineered environments and future remote caretaking tasks on Earth and in space.

MakerNASA Johnson Space Center Introduced2013 StatusResearch Platform
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Confirmed Last updated: Aug 21, 2026 Supporting source ↗

Field snapshot

ManufacturerNASA Johnson Space Center
Categoryspace research humanoid robot
Operating classificationCivilian
PaísUnited States
Introduced2013
Program statusResearch Platform

Published specifications

Values retain their published units, evidence basis and observation date. Unlike specifications are not silently normalized.

SpecificationPublished valueBasisAs of / source
Height6.17 ftConfirmed2026-08-20
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Weight300 lbConfirmed2026-08-20
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Degrees Of Freedom44 DoFConfirmed2026-08-20
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Capabilities and applications

bipedal locomotion

dexterous manipulation

remote operations research

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