Modular Robotic Astrobiology

To address the needs of high mobility along with a variety of manipulation activities for a astrobiology robot, a modular based approach seems appropriate because, the robot could be adjusted and modified in the field to test a variety of configurations for different tasks. One target of the field experiments was to see how long it would take to reconfigure and reprogram the system to adapt to new changes.
 
Our robot is digging a hole to collect some water sample at Lake Tyrrell, a salt lake in Australia.

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The robot is driving over deep soft mud. This robot can also be driven on top of water.

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It was very difficult to walk on soft mud at Lake Tyrrell, a salt lake in Australia.

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