Providing mobile robots with autonomous capabilities is advantageous. It allows one to
dispense with the intervention of human operators, which may prove beneficial in economic …

Early Mars climate research has well-defined goals (MEPAG 2018). Achieving these goals
requires geologists and climate modelers to coordinate. Coordination is easier if results are …

Water is a requirement for life as we know it. Indirect evidence of transient liquid water has
been observed from orbiter on equatorial Mars, in contrast with expectations from large …

This paper introduces a new four-limbed robot, LEMUR 3, that has demonstrated climbing
on cliff faces and smooth glass. Each limb on the robot consists of seven identical actuators …

The presence of outcrops and soil (regolith) rich in opaline silica (∼ 65–92 wt% SiO2) in
association with volcanic materials adjacent to the “Home Plate” feature in Gusev crater is …

Return of samples from the surface of Mars has been a goal of the international Mars
science community for many years. Affirmation by NASA and ESA of the importance of Mars …

The origin and age of opaline silica deposits discovered by the Spirit rover adjacent to the
Home Plate feature in the Columbia Hills of Gusev crater remains debated, in part because …

In early 2011, NASA's Office of the Chief Technologist (OCT) released a set of technology
roadmaps with the aim of fostering the development of concepts and cross-cutting …

After landing in Gale Crater on August 6, 2012, the Mars Science Laboratory Curiosity rover
traveled across regolith‐covered, rock‐strewn plains that transitioned into terrains that have …

Laboratory experiments indicate that the fluid threshold friction speed, u* tf, required to
initiate fully developed aeolian saltation is much higher on Mars than on Earth. A …