The robotics yard is a dusty place designed to challenge machines that may encounter rugged conditions on other planets or moons.
The current Shapeshifter test version has two halves that split apart and can fly as aerial drones, or they can combine together and roll along the ground.
The Shapeshifter team has Saturn’s moons in mind for the robot. NASA already has plans to send a rotorcraft (basically a large drone) to Saturn’s moon Titan with the Dragonfly mission planned for 2026.
https://www.cnet.com/news/nasa-working-on-transformers-like-shape-shifting-robots/
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