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Nasa will send a robotic rover, Mars Science Laboratory (MSL), to the planet in September 2009 to look for signs of past or present life.
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ExoMars, as we call it on this side of the pond, envisages a satellite to study the Martian atmosphere, followed by a large robotic rover to drill beneath the surface and cache rocks for later return to Earth.
BBC: Where now for Mars exploration?
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Nomad, a robotic rover built by the Carnegie-Mellon Robotics Institute in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, spent 45 days in the Atacama in 1997, in order to evaluate its ability to negotiate the kinds of rocky terrain found on the moon and Mars.
ECONOMIST: Planetary pretenders
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Baty also points to the fact that Cal Tech manages the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, the federally funded NASA research and development center that has been in the news for its Mars Rover robotic space mission.
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Using its robotic arm, the rover took three different scoopfuls of Martian soil.
FORBES: Curiosity Gets Its First Taste Of Martian Soil
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Other new capabilities facilitate use of the tools at the end of the rover's robotic arm.
ENGADGET: NASA's Curiosity rover receives long-distance OTA update, 'brain transplant' on Mars
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RealD's cutting-edge 3D technologies have been used for applications such as piloting the Mars Rover, heads-up displays for military jets and robotic medical procedures.
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Opportunity has a sore shoulder in its robotic arm, and one of its wheels is stuck at a slight angle so the rover handles more like a wobbly shopping cart.
NPR: Mars Rover Marks Second Anniversary of Landing
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Just before halting its investigations, the nuclear-powered rover used the drill at the end of its 7-foot-long robotic arm to bore into a rock near where it landed and analyze the powder.
NPR: Mars Rover Curiosity Stands Down After New Problem