NASA-derived controls advance Apptronik humanoid development
Apptronik was founded by engineers from NASA's Valkyrie programme and later collaborated with NASA on several robot systems.
Evidence notes
- u003cstrongu003eCredits: Apptroniku003c/strongu003e The NASA collaboration with Apptronik focused on the modularity of the robot, which allows it to be reconfigured to perform different functions.
- NASA plans to collaborate in a similar fashion using robots from many industry partners, including companies like Apptronik.
Company context
Apptronik is a humanoid robotics company focused on general-purpose robots for industrial environments. The company emerged from the University of Texas robotics lab and prior work on NASA's Valkyrie system.