Navy researchers investigate small-scale autonomous planetary explorers
Tuesday, January 3, 2012 - 14:00
in Astronomy & Space
Robotic exploration to remote regions, to include distant planetary bodies, is often limited by energy requirements to perform, in repetition, even the simplest tasks. With this in mind, researchers at the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory are looking into a novel approach that could some day aid scientific space and planetary research without the need for power-intense options often used today.