Better Tires to Drive on Mars
A future rover on Mars may include shape-shifting capabilities. This innovative tech won’t quite be like the liquid-metal polymorphing robot from “Terminator 2,” but will solve a problem that have plagued previous rovers: wheel wear and tear. NASA’s Glenn Research Center is now using shape memory alloys (SMA) to build better wheels for driving on …
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