- Humans have sent many robotic vehicles to study Mars, nearly 34 million miles away from Earth.
- Six-wheeled rovers have a twin set of cameras that act like eyes and a mast that looks like a neck.
- The robots take on “personalities” through their experiences and first-person social media accounts.
When a Mars rover beams back a selfie, the mission’s Earth-bound engineers and scientists feel like they’re getting a FaceTime from a friend they haven’t seen in ages.
We know Mars rovers are robots, but they feel like friends, or pets. What makes us feel so attached to them?
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