The Best Way to Explore Lunar Craters Is a Giant Robot Ball

T1Covered by 1 source · first reported by The Robot Report / IEEE Spectrum Robotics at 03 Sept, 12:00 UTC

On a good day, the rock quarry in central Texas is about 370,000 kilometers (230,000 miles) from the moon. But last February, when Rishi Jangale watched his 1.8-meter-wide, 150-kilogram inflatable robot roll effortlessly over rocks, gravel, and wet clay, his imagination turned the quarry into the…

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• T1The Best Way to Explore Lunar Craters Is a Giant Robot BallThe Robot Report / IEEE Spectrum Robotics03 Sept, 12:00