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The sandfish lizard strikes very effectively by way of the sands of the Sahara desert, and never surprisingly, it does not use wheels to take action. Scientists have now copied the reptile’s swimming movement in an experimental Mars rover that outperforms others in sandy soil.<\/p>\n
The prototype rover is a part of the German House Company’s VaMEx (Valles Marineris Explorer) program, which is an initiative geared toward creating swarms of driving, strolling and flying robots designed to discover Mars’ huge Valles Marineris valley.<\/p>\n
And sure, the rover does<\/i> in actual fact have wheels \u2026 however they are not regular ones.<\/p>\n
The sandfish lizard (Scincus scincus<\/i>) “swims” by way of the sand by undulating its physique backward and forward, which is a movement that the College of W\u00fcrzburg’s Prof. Marco Schmidt got down to replicate within the automobile’s distinctive wheels. These wheels do nonetheless roll, however in addition they wiggle, for lack of a greater phrase.<\/p>\n