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A Jumping Robot to Explore the Moon and Mars: Hendrik Kolvenbach and "SpaceBok"
22 minutes Posted Aug 10, 2020 at 1:00 pm.
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The Mars-bound Perseverance rover is as sophisticated as it gets. But can it jump? Hendrik Kolvenbach, PhD researcher at the ETH Zurich Robotics Systems Lab, sees the best way to get around on the Moon and Mars as less of a step and more of a giant leap. Kolvenbach discusses his team's work in creating a technology that's part space robot and part African springbok.

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