A design from the German Research Center for Artificial Intelligence in Bremen, Germany, has landed on the chimpanzee as its model for robotic lunar missions. This is an animal that can stand on four legs, giving it stability, but can use its front two legs to hold objects. The chimp's greatest asset is that it can choose which form of movement best fits the situation.They can choose if the environment won't let you move in a stable fashion on two legs they can choose four. When the environment improves, two legs allows you to have a better view field.The robot can also walk up and down slopes of up to 20 degrees. The chimpanzee is not the only animal that is being studied by DFKI as a future model for a lunar robot. There are also plans for a lunar mantis and a lunar scorpion.
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