Limber Robot Might Hitchhike to Space

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The crawling robot Lemur was built to help astronauts complete small jobs in space. quotLemur could be an astronauts pet monkeyquot says JPL engineer Brett Kennedy who designed the 6-limbed robot. Lemur performs a variety of functions with attachable ...
The crawling robot, Lemur, was built to help astronauts complete small jobs in space. "Lemur could be an astronauts pet monkey," says JPL engineer Brett Kennedy who designed the 6-limbed robot. Lemur performs a variety of functions with attachable tools.

Lemurs, those wide-eyed, active, monkey-like animals running around the island in the movie "Madagascar," are known for their ability to leap. A robotic lemur being tested at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory moves more slowly, but might someday take its own giant leap - by going into space with astronauts.


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