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Tumbleweed Rover

Hobbes · 2001-09-04 03:03:00

They just had it on TV. Looks really cool and nice idea! Basically a beach ball with a sensor stuff in the middle. They plan to drop it on mars and let the wind move it around. When they need to look at an area in more detail they deflate the ball slightly and inflate it again when they want to move on. It's supposed to go…

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04-09-2001 4:03am

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They just had it on TV. Looks really cool and nice idea!

Basically a beach ball with a sensor stuff in the middle. They plan to drop it on mars and let the wind move it around.

When they need to look at an area in more detail they deflate the ball slightly and inflate it again when they want to move on.

It's supposed to go uphill no problem and over hard terrain easily.

They are also working on a steering system so they can move in other directions not directly with the wind.

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http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/adv_tech/rovers/summary.htm

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