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Bouncing Robots Exploring Planets?

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the if-only-for-the-video-clips dept.

revision1_1 writes: "New bouncing robots could advance planetary exploration by leaps and bounds. The exploration of other planets could benefit from a giant leap for robot-kind, according to researchers in New Mexico. Rather than use wheels or legs, robots could rove across alien landscapes far more effectively by bounding over the surface in an almost random fashion, they say." Well, science hasn't given me talking fruit and a jet pack yet, but this looks pretty close.

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  1. One small step for man... by Fat+Rat+Bastard · · Score: 5

    "One small step for man... one giant for mankind"

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