t-NASA JSC Unveils 'Valkyrie' DRC Robot
IEEE Spectrum
Evan Ackerman | IEEE Spectrum
The overall goal of the DRC is to help drive innovation towards robots that are able to take over from humans directly, without needing any special accommodations. In that context, a human form makes sense because we're humans, and these robots will be doing the jobs that we don't want to be doing because they're too dangerous.