8.NASA’s Six Limbed Robot

This is something big from NASA, really big. Engineers at Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) are putting this All-Terrain, Hex-Limbed, Extra-Terrestrial Explorer (ATHLETE) under a series of long-drive tests on long dirt roads. ATHLETEis ahalf-scale working prototype of NASA’s actual robot under development to transport habitats and other cargo on the surface of the Moon or Mars.