NASA Valkyrie (R5)
All-electric rugged humanoid built by NASA JSC for the 2013 DARPA Robotics Challenge. Released 2013.
Official page on nasa.gov41
Robo2u Score
187 cm
Height
44
Degrees of freedom
Robo2u Score (0 to 100) = 35% maturity + 30% capability (DoF and payload, percentile vs the field) + 15% recency + 10% runtime + 10% availability. A spec the maker doesn't publish scores below the median. Computed from the columns shown. Scored against other humanoid robots.
Specifications
| Maker | NASA |
|---|---|
| Form factor | Humanoid |
| Category | Research |
| Origin |  United States |
| Status | Prototype |
| Released | 2013 |
| Height | 187 cm |
| Weight | 125 kg |
| Degrees of freedom | 44 |
Not yet published by the maker or not yet verified: payload, top speed, runtime, price.
Sources
Added to the database 2026-07-02. Dataset updated 2026-09-24. Also available as JSON at /api/robots.
