Interplanetary robot

Mars fascinates scientists because of its similarity to Earth, and it fascinates the public because our myth of 'Martians' is a vision of life beyond Earth. The Mars adventure continues with the launch of a robot vehicle by UK scientists. It's part of project to build an 'autonomous robotic scientist' to explore the Martian surface and is key to the European Space Agency's 2011 ExoMars mission.

The six-wheeled vehicle housing a myriad of scientific instruments and detectors is the Mars rover, nicknamed 'Bridget'. Astrium, an EADS company, are developing the ExoMars rover prototype and coordinating its technologies with other UK-based institutions.

星际机器人

火星因为与地球相似而深深地吸引着科学家，而公众为之着迷，是因为神秘的火星人是我们对地球以外生命的猜测。火星探险仍在继续，英国科学家计划发射一种机器人漫游车。这是探测火星表面的“自动机器人科学家”计划的一部分，是欧洲太空局2011年的ExoMars“漫游者”任务的关键。

这个六个轮的机器配备有众多的科学仪器，而探测器是火星漫游者，绰号叫“布里吉特”。EADS Astrium公司正在研制ExoMars火星漫游者的原型，并融合其他英国的研究机构的技术。