NASA is working on the creation of a humanoid robot Valkyrie for remote maintenance of autonomous and marine power plants. Also in the future, the machine will become an assistant to the astronauts and will be able to independently conquer space. This has been reported area Space Agency.
The development is powered by a humanoid about 183 cm high, two Intel Core i7 processors and a 1.8 kWh battery – this is enough for an hour of independent work. Testing of the machine is planned in Australia with Woodside Energy. Woodside Energy will begin testing the robot’s software and provide data to NASA that it can use to accelerate the development of robotic technology for remote work from Earth while the robot is on Mars or on the Moon without an astronaut.
The robot’s tasks will include the supervision and maintenance of infrastructure, as well as the care of plants grown in space. NASA hopes the robot can do monotonous tasks, freeing up people’s time to perform more complex tasks.
NASA plans to use the Valkyrie experience at its Woodside facility to study the best design of robots designed to operate in polluted and hazardous environments. In particular, we are talking about robots on the Moon in long-term workplaces and habitats created as part of future Artemis missions.
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