NASA and Apptronik first worked together in 2013, to build NASA's Valkyrie Robot during the DARPA Robotics Challenge (DRC). Valkyrie was an all-purpose humanoid robot that could have walked ...

At SXSW Jeff Cardenas, CEO of Austin-based Apptronik along with Shaun Azimi, of NASA’s discussed the possibilities of humanoid robots in space. News Sports Hookem.com Austin360 Opinion Advertise ...

A spin out of the Human Centered Robotics Lab at the University of Texas at Austin, startup Apptronik has some serious R&D behind it. Two of the company co-founders were part of NASA’s Johnson Space ...

Humanoid robots, say Nasa, will be an integral part of future journeys beyond the Earth. Extreme space environments are often testing and dangerous for human astronauts.

Standing at 6 feet 2 inches (188 centimeters) tall and weighing 300 pounds (136 kilograms), NASA's humanoid robot Valkyrie is an imposing figure.

NASA partners with startup Apptronik to develop Apollo, a versatile humanoid robot, for future space missions, ensuring safety and sustainability in space exploration.

In its current form, Apptronik's robot is called Apollo, a five-foot-eight, 160-pound humanoid robot with a four-hour battery pack. The company has already collaborated with NASA on other robots ...

NASA hopes to develop humanoid robots that could one day help on missions to the moon and Mars. Apptronik "Apollo is the robot that we've always wanted to build," CEO Jeff Cardenas told CNET.

NASA is no stranger to spacefaring robots. But "Robonaut 2," the first human-shaped robot to fly to the International Space Station, is something special. The robot is now on display at the Udvar ...

Astronauts sometimes need medical care, too, and NASA has developed a robot to administer such care. The Robonaut 2, a second generation humanoid robot developed by the space agency, lives on the ...

NASA's humanoid robot Valkyrie opens a bag at the Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas, Nov. 16. (Evan Garcia, Reuters) ...