NASA has set eye on colonizing the red planet and to do that it is planning to send the first set of humanoid robots to mars.
NASA has been developing robots to establish a base on mars and may have found the best machine for the job – Valkyrie.
- Valkyrie is a six-feet and two inches, 300-pound semi-autonomous robot and has the ability to freakily navigate across rocky terrain, courtesy of its hydraulic power.
- This Iron-Man look-alike has a LIDAR sensor which constantly scans the surroundings for objects and obstacles.
- The robot’s brain is powered by two Intel iCore i7 processors, making it a robot with the dual brains for interpreting the sensors.
- The future mars habitat has a Multisense SL camera on her head which combines laser, 3D stereo, and video, as well as extra ‘hazard cameras’ looking ahead and behind from her torso.
- The 38 sensors on each three-fingered hand maintain dexterity and control 44 degrees of freedom.
- This means the astronauts who will visit Mars in the future will have a friend already waiting for them there with everything checked and prepared.
