On 24 July 2025, the final experiment in the Surface Avatar mission took place. A total of four robots in the DLR Mars laboratory in Oberpfaffenhofen were commanded by NASA astronaut Jonny Kim on ...

Close cooperation between research and politics is crucial for the safe integration of artificial intelligence into the economy and society. Together with Julia Dunker from her team and Mario ...

Four robots and a live link to the International Space Station ISS made for an unusual scene at the DLR 'Earthly Mars' site in Oberpfaffenhofen. On 24 July 2025, the Surface Avatar team carried out ...

The four-legged DLR robot Bert is compact in design and can walk with various gaits, making it suitable for exploring difficult terrain. For the Surface Avatar technology demonstration, NASA astronaut ...

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The drone-mounted sonar systems are compact, lightweight, and maneuverable. They can navigate even in confined areas that are virtually inaccessible with conventional technology.

The Dornier Do 228-212 research aircraft (registration D-CFFU) with the F-SAR system installed. The radar system is housed in the cabin, while the antennas for the various wavelengths (X, C, S and L ...

ESA's Spot robot carried out the first task in the Surface Avatar experiment by autonomously searching for sample containers in the Martian landscape and delivering them to the transfer station. ISS ...

Left: a high-resolution HySpex image of the Puch test area in true colours, taken on 12 May 2025. Centre: the same image with locations of drone acquisition points (orange). Right: land cover derived ...

For the CROPEX25 measurement campaign, the DLR team took radar images of the same region in different frequency bands. The Puch test region in Bavaria can be seen here in X, C, S and L bands (left to ...

The HySpex hyperspectral sensor is an airborne imaging spectrometer developed by DLR's Earth Observation Center in Oberpfaffenhofen. Using two 'push-broom' cameras, it records data with a sub-metre ...

HySpex-Aufnahme vom 12.05.2025 (Kanalkombination 130, 75, 20) links, ergänzt durch Drohnen-Aufnahmepunkte in der Mitte, sowie die aus einer EnMAP-Aufnahme vom 19.05.2025 abgeleitete Bodenbedeckung ...