/technologies/robotics/b/blog/posts/meet-robosimian-a-search-and-rescue-robot-that-can-traverse-any-terrainRoboSimian may be helping humans in future disaster recovery missions (via JPL-CalTech )DARPA held a Robotics Challenge in late December and this beautiful Spider-like robot, shown above and created by the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL), competed. Iten-USTelligent Community 12https://community.element14.com/technologies/robotics/b/blog/posts/meet-robosimian-a-search-and-rescue-robot-that-can-traverse-any-terrainFri, 23 Jan 2015 14:25:31 GMT93d5dcb4-84c2-446f-b2cb-99731719e767:daf9c919-9132-46d9-9d02-d68b5cd22be0Robert Peter Oakes1<p>I still prefer this one <span>[View:/resized-image/__size/16x16/__key/commentfiles/f7d226abd59f475c9d224a79e3f0ec07-daf9c919-9132-46d9-9d02-d68b5cd22be0/contentimage_5F00_1.png:16:16]</span> from the Red Planet Movie</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><span>[View:/resized-image/__size/1280x720/__key/commentfiles/f7d226abd59f475c9d224a79e3f0ec07-daf9c919-9132-46d9-9d02-d68b5cd22be0/contentimage_5F00_178168.png:1280:720]</span></p><p>AMEE</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><span>Her </span><strong>name</strong><span> is short for Autonomous Mapping Evaluation and Evasion. She is </span><strong>multi-task robot</strong><span> borrowed from the Marines to assist the Mars lending crew as their navigator while they try to figure out what went wrong with terraforming project. She is powered by &quot;nuclear power cell the size of a beer can&quot; which &quot;runs her for eight months&quot;</span><span><br /><br />Read more at www.Explore-Science-Fiction-Movies.com: <a class="jive-link-external-small" href="http://www.explore-science-fiction-movies.com/amee-red-planet.html#ixzz3Pee91TXe" rel="nofollow ugc noopener" target="_blank">http://www.explore-science-fiction-movies.com/amee-red-planet.html#ixzz3Pee91TXe</a></span></p><img src="https://community.element14.com/aggbug?PostID=19748&AppID=36&AppType=Weblog&ContentType=0" width="1" height="1">https://community.element14.com/technologies/robotics/b/blog/posts/meet-robosimian-a-search-and-rescue-robot-that-can-traverse-any-terrainThu, 22 Jan 2015 21:59:51 GMT93d5dcb4-84c2-446f-b2cb-99731719e767:daf9c919-9132-46d9-9d02-d68b5cd22be0DAB0<p>There are a lot of moving parts with this design.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>While versatile, I would be very concerned about its reliability, especially in non-laboratory environments.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>I would like to see it function in a really dirty environment with water and mud.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>DAB</p><img src="https://community.element14.com/aggbug?PostID=19748&AppID=36&AppType=Weblog&ContentType=0" width="1" height="1">