A new spider robot was created to scan the Naracoorte Caves - a national park that is part of
Students from an Australian university took part in the CaveX project and made 15 versions of the robot until they chose the most suitable one.
The new development has six legs, at their endsthere are no wheels or tracks, as they can damage the surface of the caves during movement. Also, the six-leg design allows the robot to move over uneven terrain.
We hope to find tunnels that may lead to new fossil deposits.
Craig Williams, PhD student at the University of Adelaide
The robot will now be handed over to another engineering team to equip it with artificial intelligence technologies.
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