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In a video released by the space agency earlier this week, the 290-pound R5 struts her stuff, waving her arms and legs and even flexing her metal “bicep” -- all as her glowing NASA logo pulses to the beat of electronica, a la Iron Man.

NASA has awarded R5 prototypes to MIT and Northeastern University for further development. Here's hoping for a college-style dance-off someday soon.

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