
Slither of the machines?
I, for one, etc...
The latest in high-concept automated space exploration tech from NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory looks to have been screwed up and twisted – by design. JPL's Exobiology Extant Life Surveyor, aka EELS, is an autonomous rover built by connecting articulated segments outfitted with corkscrews that give it the ability to "slither …
yup!
https://www.engadget.com/2019-12-16-fartier-glitter-bomb-2-feat-macaulay-culkin.html?guccounter=1&guce_referrer=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuZ29vZ2xlLmNvbS8&guce_referrer_sig=AQAAAMnP_y_fb5MIpitHLpxePFuiH84vrjnX-y4GhowSonCA0wRTQy1OlNEf_RJNg-ZVyqO9bUFKd1DEjTqIvSa7v6e0NeXXb1Eb5PJO_M3k3QvNeDaUrn2TzjwipduCtDvpxjLn-GMykf1BEdBOUIo416W94NsA0Yh7g4fJH_9npuvZ
How shall I put this, phallic. I wonder how long before there's porn of this. Oh, wait! There already is, in Japan.
(Given that these prototypes all seem to be tethered, I'm forced assume that the production models will have two spheres at the rear. To house the batteries, of course.)