[NIAC 2025] Exploring Enceladus with a Hopping Robot

Moving across the surface of Enceladus can be more tricky than you think. Rough icy terrain can be hard for wheels. No atmosphere makes helicopters impossible. Thus, hopping and jumping might be the answer!

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🟣 Guest: Dr. Justin Yim

https://publish.illinois.edu/novelmobilerobotslab/

NIAC Award. LEAP – Legged Exploration Across the Plume

https://www.nasa.gov/directorates/stmd/niac/leap-legged-exploration-across-the-plume/

• 00:00 Intro


• 01:29 Enceladus


• 02:34 NIAC proposal


• 04:35 SALTO hopper


• 10:27 Scientific challenges


• 13:15 Alternative destinations


• 16:18 Scaling things up


• 20:26 Deliverables for NIAC


• 22:03 Current obsessions


• 30:24 More interviews

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