NASA’s ridiculous rover concept can tackle any terrain

[Mike Wehner]

• NASA just showed off one of its most incredible rover concepts ever.
• The rover is called DuAxel, and it's actually two rovers in one, along with a base station.
• The rovers can separate from each other and anchor themselves, allowing one another to explore hard-to-reach areas with safety.

NASA's Perseverance rover is currently headed for Mars. The high-tech machine is more capable than any other robot NASA has sent to the Red Planet to date, but it's actually quite similar to rovers like Curiosity, Opportunity, and the others in NASA's history. It's a mobile platform for science, and as such, it's not built to best the worst terrain Mars has to offer.

But in the future, rovers may indeed be capable of much more impressive feats of exploration, and a new rover concept called DuAxel is a glimpse into the future of planetary exploration. It's also pretty darn awesome.

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