Hexapod https://refractor.io/tag/hexapod/ Hexapod en-AU Wed, 06 Mar 2013 23:25:37 GMT German robots could team up to explore lunar craters https://refractor.io/space/german-robots-could-team-up-to-explore-lunar-craters/ The RIMRES project combines the hexapod CREX (red robot at middle) and its transporter, SHERPA

While Japan is gearing up to send a miniature humanoid robot to the International Space Station, the DFKI Robotics Innovation Center and the ZARM (Center of Applied Space Technology and Microgravity) are working on a pair of robots that may one day help explore craters on the Moon in search of water ice. The RIMRES (Reconfigurable Integrated Multi Robot Exploration System) project combines a six-legged robot that can be picked up and moved with a faster wheeled transporter.

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