NASA's Awesome Humanoid Robots Just Joined 2 University Teams

The agency awarded one robot to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and one to Northeastern University. Both schools will receive versions of NASA's R5 robot, once named Valkyrie. R5 was initially designed to aid in search-and-rescue efforts and disaster response, which is fitting since the robot looks like a real-life Iron Man. It resembles the superhero, but with a white metal body and glowing NASA logo on its chest.