"An army of inflatable, spherical robots might one day roll around on the Martian surface," New Scientist reports. These "rolling spherical rovers" could prove key in mapping other planets – and they might even be put to work spelunking deep caves here on earth. Or, say, exploring large architectural structures: unmanned drones bouncing down the steps of Angkor Wat.
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Inflatables in caves = no good. Pop.
reminds me of zorbing in New Zealand:
http://www.zorb.com/
Rombsy's right about caves. Better to use a robo-snake:
http://download.srv.cs.cmu.edu/~biorobotics/projects/modsnake/newwebsite/gallery/index.html
They'll use bullet-proof inflatables. Send them rolling toward the center of the earth.
Being seeing you
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