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How Do You Make a Robot Walk on Mars? It’s a Steep Challenge – WIRED
Meet SpaceBok, a little four-legged machine that’s taking the first steps toward walking on the Red Planet’s brutal terrain.
From the Sojourner rover, which landed on Mars in 1997, to Perseverance, which touched down in February, the robots of the Red Planet share a defining feature: wheels. Rolling is far more stable and energy efficient than walking, which even robots on Earth…
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