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PUFFER: Traverses 45-degree incline with rocky obstacles
Published on Mar 12, 2017
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Pop-Up Flat Folding Explorer Robots, or PUFFER, is a small, origami-inspired robotic technology under development to provide a low-volume, low-cost mission enhancement for accessing new science from extreme terrains that are of high interest to future NASA missions. A “pop-up” robot that folds into a small, smartphone-sized weight and volume, PUFFER’s compact design means numerous robots can be packed into a larger “parent” craft at a low payload cost, then deployed on a planet’s surface individually to increase surface mobility.
https://youtu.be/wPtYBBbyTiw
PUFFER: Fast-motion video of a 250-m journey
Published on Mar 12, 2017
https://youtu.be/jwBmxdS9fm8
PUFFER: A simple motor driver and robust, enclosed structure
Published on Mar 12, 2017
https://youtu.be/yaEleljHY98
PUFFER: Two-wheel mobility configuration adjust to traverse slippery incline
Published on Mar 12, 2017
https://youtu.be/tNyjZ_3NaKI
PUFFER: Withstands 3-m drop (Mars gravity)
Published on Mar 12, 2017
https://youtu.be/nRmorQmGqVM
PUFFER: Senses obstacles and self-adjusts appropriately
Published on Mar 12, 2017
https://youtu.be/vDlTkF44Ozg
NASA’s PUFFER robot can explore extreme terrains
Published on Mar 20, 2017
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The origami-inspired Pop-Up Flat Folding Explorer Robots (PUFFER) is being designed to take on the hard to reach terrains on future NASA missions. Due to its small size and weight, “numerous robots can be packed into a larger “parent” craft at a low payload cost,” according to the space agency.
Articles "NASA’s Shapeshifting Origami Robot Squeezes Where Others Can’t"
by Margaret Rhodes
March 29, 2017
https://youtu.be/Fgwhvc_qGqw
NASA tests origami-inspired robot that may one day explore Mars
Published on May 23, 2017
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This small, nimble robot can fold and unfold itself