Bio-Inspired 'Swimming' Wheels Could Redefine Mars Sand Driving
TL;DR
Researchers at Universität Würzburg developed bio-inspired wheels that mimic a sandfish lizard to swim through soft Martian sand, reducing sinking and enabling safer, more efficient rover traversal; field tests refined wheel width and mass, and future work includes real-time terrain-adaptive control for autonomous navigation under the VaMEx program.
- Next-Generation Mars Rover Wheels Allow Mars Vehicles To ‘Swim’ Across Dunes The Daily Galaxy
- Innovative Mars rovers 'swim' through the sand Phys.org
- Future Mars Rovers Could Mimic a Swimming Motion to Traverse the Planet's Surface Universe Today
- Scientists have designed a reptile-inspired Mars rover that can 'swim' through sand starlust.org
- Mars Rover Mimics Sandfish Locomotion Inside Outer Space
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