The US National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) is developing the Exobiological Extant Life Survey Rover (EELS), also known as the “snake robot”. [사진: JPL]
[디지털투데이 AI리포터] The US National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) is developing the Exobiological Extant Life Survey Rover (EELS), also known as the “snake robot”. EELS is 4.4 meters long and weighs 100 kg, making it look like a giant snake.
The EELS, which is currently being tested on Earth’s terrain by NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL), is expected to be sent to Saturn’s satellite Enceladus for future use in the search for extraterrestrial life, IT media outlet Tech Crunch reported on 26 (local time). .
Enceladus is an ice-covered planet that has emerged as a potential candidate for life in the solar system. They plan to use EELS to explore this. The robot is inspired by the marine world and is designed to cross terrain, fluid media, closed and liquid labyrinthine environments. Thanks to this, it is known to be useful in search and rescue, plumbing and medical fields.
On Enceladus, the EELS will glide along narrow surface geysers and swim across Antarctica’s vast ocean, estimated to be six miles deep. Equipped with hazard awareness planning, situational awareness, motion planning and proprioceptive control functions, EELS is expected to be useful in the exploration of Enceladus by being able to move autonomously while remaining far from Earth and human control.
#NASA #designs #snake #robot #swim #Saturns #ocean..
.jpg?fit=300%2C300&ssl=1)
