It is quite logical move offered a team of engineers at Tokyo Technical Institute, led by Professor Shigeo Hirose. In cooperation with the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, they have developed a unique lunar rover that can go on any terrain. As it turned out, the machine will be useful to examine the Fukushima or the lunar surface, which consists of very small particles, much smaller than Earth sand. Therefore, the challenge is to keep the machine on a given surface. The developers refused to use in the construction of tracks, which provide sufficient stability, but have low maneuverability.
Therefore, they used the wheel, consisting of a curved springy metal sheet, coated sheet and plates with notches. This allows the car to pass and on the sand and stones, and, naturally, on artificial surfaces. For example, in the rubble at the Fukushima nuclear power plant-1. Developers are confident that a more serious test a new robot and can not think of.
