NASA and Caltech Test Steep-Terrain Rover (Axel) - Video File (AVC-2009-018)

Engineers from NASA's Jet Propulsion Lab and students at Caltech have designed and tested Axel, a versatile, low-mass robot that can rappel off cliffs, travel nimbly over steep and rocky terrain, and explore deep craters.

Copies of this video are available directly from JPL's vendor: DG Fastchannel, (323) 603-5220.

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