ReachBot is a robot concept for the planetary exploration of caves and lava tubes, which are often inaccessible with traditional robot locomotion methods.
Visual localization plays an important role in the positioning and navigation of robotics systems within previously visited environments.
The main advantage of Raman spectroscopy over competing analytical instruments used in robotic planetary missions is the capability to identify both organic and inorganic molecules.
After some time off the road, vehicles require proper maintenance checks. The ExoMars Rosalind Franklin rover is no exception and got an upgrade to one of its electronic boxes in […]
In this paper, we assess the scientific promise and technology feasibility of distributed instruments for planetary science. A distributed instrument is an instrument designed to collect spatially and temporally correlated […]
Artificial Intelligence (AI) has the potential to revolutionize space exploration by delegating several spacecraft decisions to an onboard AI instead of relying on ground control and predefined procedures.
When it comes to mapping new territory, NASAβs record swamps Lewis and Clarkβs. And the space agency doesnβt only chart other stars and planets β a vantage point from space […]
The abyssal ocean covers more than half of the Earthβs surface, yet remains understudied and underappreciated. In this Perspectives article, we mark the occasion of the Deep Submergence Vehicle Alvinβs […]
Mini robots that can roll, fly, float and swim, then morph into a single machine? Together they form Shapeshifter, a developing concept for a transformational vehicle to explore treacherous, distant […]
The robot that scientists deployed last year into ice-covered Lake Bonney in Antarcticaβs McMurdo Dry Valleys isnβt small.
