The Future of Martian Bots
Mars has been home to robots since the 1990s. Rolling over the rocky terrain, martian robots have endured dust storms, radiation and the hardships of life on the Red Planet. New software from the UK could allow these robots to drive themselves around the rocky martian terrain and enable them to explore farther than ever before.

It currently takes about eight minutes (each way) for commands and communication to travel to or from Mars, so robots guided by humans on