NASA built a robot that looks like Iron Man — and it could one day help build colonies on Mars

NASA originally created its Valkyrie robot to compete in a competition for search-and-rescue robots. Now the organization is trying to make Valkyrie better, with hopes that future models could go into space and build and maintain various space structures.

Produced by Matt Stuart. Original reporting by Leanna Garfield. Video courtesy of AP.

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