探索月球陨石坑的最佳方式：一个巨型机器人球
Original title: The Best Way to Explore Lunar Craters Is a Giant Robot Ball
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Source: IEEE Spectrum RoboticsPublish time unverified
On a good day, the rock quarry in central Texas is about 370,000 kilometers (230,000 miles) from the moon. But last February, when Rishi Jangale watched his 1.8-meter-wide, 150-kilogram inflatable robot roll effortlessly over rocks, gravel, and wet clay, his imagination turned the quarry into the lunar surface instead. Jangale is an upbeat mechanical engineer nearing the end of his Ph.D at Texas A&M University, in College Station, TX.