PUFFER Robot Goes Where Rovers Can't

Mar-27-17 The innovative new pop-up PUFFER robot from NASA can explore where its larger counterparts can’t go.

The origami-inspired PUFFER (Pop-Up Flat Folding Explorer Robot) was designed to travel with the next fleet of Martian rovers. The two-wheeled PUFFER robots can be ‘flat-packed’ to travel with the rover, and then deployed as needed to explore hard-to-reach locations such as ledges and crevasses, altering their shape to fit into small areas.

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