Video: Rotundus GroundBot Capable Of Amphibious Assaults
Writing by Evan Ackerman on Tuesday, 21 of July , 2009 at 5:41 am
When we showed you the Rotundus GroundBot back in May, we mentioned that it’s capable of rolling around over all sorts of terrain, including snow and sand. We also mentioned that it floats, and from the video above, it doesn’t seem to be entirely impractical in water, as I would have expected.
It’s not easy to build a robot that’s completely sealed against the elements, and it may not surprise you to learn that Rotundus was originally conceptualized as a Mars exploring robot. At the moment, a design like this might be having better luck than poor Spirit is, stuck in deep sand on Mars.
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