NASA Presents New, Odd-Looking Rovers

Despite the fact that the twin robots of the Mars Exploration Rover (MER) mission have advanced our knowledge of Mars so much that we can't really quantify it, engineers at NASA are annoyed by the fact that they can't make the little robots go into steep gullies, or other similar ge... [ read more >> ]

The Lemur tackles the walls of rock gyms without visible problems

The CliffBot uses reels to pull itself up and down 80-degree slopes and collect soil samples for analysis

The Athlete can travel the lunar slopes at some six miles per hour

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Image credits: NASA via Wired

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The Athlete can travel the lunar slopes at some six miles per hour