Surface Avatar – the robot team is ready for action

Surface Avatar – the robot team is ready for action
Surface Avatar – the robot team is ready for action
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 board the International Space Station ISS. This image shows the 'Martian landscape' with DLR's humanoid robot Rollin' Justin (rear), DLR's four-legged robot Bert (front left) and ESA's four-legged robot Spot (right).