NASA's new rover prototype could inform the next-generation robotic vehicle that explore the moon and Mars. Here's everything ...

NASA’s ERNEST rover climbs tough terrain, drives faster, and uses AI to prepare for future Moon and Mars missions.

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

The Exploration Rover for Navigating Extreme Sloped Terrain (ERNEST) test rover has been put through its paces with great ...

Today's Mars rovers typically drive at about 500 to 1,000 feet per hour — roughly the length of one to three football fields ...

Billions of years ago, environmental conditions on Mars were significantly more hospitable than they are today. Our ...

NASA's new prototype rover ERNEST is made to test technologies for moon and mars exploration.

ERNEST, short for Exploration Rover for Navigating Extreme Sloped Terrain, is a small prototype rover built to be more ...

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

Getting stuck in sand has ended dreams of exploration before. On Mars, where loose dunes, soft soil and rocky terrain stretch ...

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