00:03robots especially those out in the solar system are nothing new after all humanity currently has
00:08three active robotic rovers on mars but those move around using wheels and the future of space and
00:13earth robotics might soon look more well human this is nasa's newest automated astronaut named
00:20valkyrie it stands an imposing six feet two inches tall and weighs 136 pounds and its abilities could
00:26soon rival those of a living human but that's not their eventual goal here's nasa's dextrous
00:31robotics team lead sean azimi to explain any time that we spend with a robot to make preparations
00:38for the crew saves the crew that much time and gives them more time to spend on exploration and
00:43discovery so we're not trying to replace human crews we're really just trying to take the
00:50dull dirty and dangerous work off their plates to allow them to focus on those those higher
00:55level activities in fact valkyrie currently requires a human operator on the ground but
00:59it's not just nasa developing human-like robots many companies are developing their own to fill
01:04gaps in the workforce those companies include the likes of amazon who have begun a pilot program
01:09featuring their robot digit something automation analyst ruben scriven says illustrates the issue
01:14of robots taking jobs like never before a humanoid robot is really job loss personified
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