Curiosity's Robotic Scoop Arm In Action | Video

Thursday, October 4, 2012 - 14:30 in Astronomy & Space

The Mars Science Laboratory is equipped with a special robotic scoop for collecting samples of the martian soil for analysis. In this video, you can see the slow and steady tool being tested at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory.

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