Nic Radford

Quick Facts

Full Name	Nic Radford
Occupation	Engineer
Date Of Birth	Nov 5, 1977(1977-11-05)
Age	47
Birthplace	Champaign
Country	United States
Birth City	Illinois
Horoscope	Scorpio

Nic Radford Biography

Nic Radford is one of the most popular and richest Engineer who was born on November 5, 1977 in Champaign, Illinois, United States.

Born in Champaign, Illinois, United States, Radford’s family moved to Indiana when he was two months old, settling in Columbus when he was five. He attended Columbus North High School and excelled in track and field, namely high jump, where he set the indoor/outdoor record, and high hurdling, as well as varsity football. He was the 1996 recipient of the Dr. McKain Award for demonstrating “high character as a student and as a citizen in the community.” He attended Purdue University and received his Bachelor of Science in Electrical and Computer Engineering in 2000. While at Purdue, Radford was a member of the Purdue Engineering Student Council and participated in Purdue Track and Field as a decathlete. A chronic ankle injury prevented him from pursuing track beyond his freshman year.

In 2008, Radford became a civil servant at NASA as chief engineer and deputy project manager for Robonaut 2, under Direct Hire Authority (DHA). This allowed the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) to expedite staffing requests to fill “a critical hiring need.” He led large multidisciplinary teams of engineering staff in project endeavors for developing Robonaut 2, X1 Exoskeleton, DARPA’s Warrior Web, as well as leading R2’s redesign and qualification efforts for the International Space Station, which flew to ISS aboard Space Shuttle Discovery’s final flight STS-133. In 2011, Radford became the principal investigator for NASA in the DARPA Robotics Challenge (DRC). He led a team of 55 engineers and technicians through design, development and field testing NASA’s first full humanoid robot, created to aid in disaster relief efforts. He used this opportunity to create a very controversial female robot, as a source of inspiration for girls with STEM related endeavors. His team based Valkyrie’s form on “armor worn by women throughout history” as well as a “nod to the Valkyries of Norse mythology.” Valkyrie’s name was also a tribute to previous NASA developed prototypes, including the North American XB-70 Valkyrie bomber, as well as an earlier robot Team 118 Robonauts created for FIRST.

Nic Radford Net Worth

Nic Radford is one of the richest Engineer from United States. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Nic Radford 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Nicolaus Adam Radford known as Nic Radford (born November 5, 1977) is an American engineer, roboticist, inventor, and serial entrepreneur raising over $26M in funding for his companies. He co-founded and is currently chief technology officer, Houston Mechatronics, Inc (HMI.) Prior to forming HMI, he spent 14 years at Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center’s Dexterous Robotics Laboratory at NASA in Houston, Texas. Radford was the principal investigator tasked with leading the development of Valkyrie for participation in the 2013 DARPA Robotics Challenge (DRC) and NASA’s future Mars robotics missions.

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In Slate’s 2015 article “Bot Looks Like a Lady”, Radford discussed how NASA “missed a big opportunity” to inspire a new generation of women and girls, in maintaining their official stance that Valkyrie is gender neutral. He referred to his then seven-year-old daughter as proof, “She absolutely was in love with this robot. It was a major source of inspiration for her. She talked about it all the time. She drew pictures of Valkyrie.” IEEE Spectrum’s video where Radford introduced Valkyrie as NASA’s Superhero Robot acquired over 2 million views. Radford attempted to shed light on the controversy indicating that Valkyrie was designed to be of the female form from the beginning.

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O. Ranked on the list of most popular Engineer. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United States. Nic Radford celebrates birthday on November 5 of every year.

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