On a bleak stretch of the Colorado Desert in Southern California, a compact four-wheeled rover recently trundled 16 miles (26 ...

NASA, through its Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL), is testing a new class of experimental rover technology that could reshape ...

The rover can travel much faster and can overcome obstacles that could stop current Mars rovers.

JPL's ERNEST rover covered 16 miles in 37 hours of driving during desert testing, using active suspension and reinforcement learning to navigate terrain.

The ERNEST project began with the goal of developing a simple, low‑cost rover that improves on the rocker‑bogie suspension ...

The prospect of living on other planets, easily achieved in fictional Hollywood productions, isn't so simple for the scientific community. The amount of research and data it takes to accomplish such a ...

NASA confirmed Thursday that SpaceX will launch the European Space Agency’s Rosalind Franklin Mars rover, perhaps as soon as late 2028, on a Falcon Heavy rocket from Kennedy Space Center, Florida. So ...

A prototype rover built with a new design for tackling rugged terrain is helping teams refine capabilities that could one day ...