What methods and simulations can engineers use to accurately test rovers that are used on other worlds like the Moon and Mars? This is what a recent study published in the Journal of Field Robotics ...

As space agencies race to set foot on the Moon, Mars, and elsewhere, a not-so-glamorous problem could be the key to success: the functionality of a rover’s wheels in alien dirt. When NASA’s Spirit ...

The study points out that NASA has been focusing too heavily on simulating the effect of gravity on the rover itself, neglecting how the weaker gravity affects the soils, sands, and dust on Mars and ...