NASA shows off its fly-by-wire Modular Robotic Vehicle

NASA has unveiled the Modular Robotic Vehicle. NASA's Game Changing Development Program Office  describe the vehicle as "a fully electric vehicle well-suited for busy urban environments." But really, the MRV is much more than that. This is thanks largely to its adapted fly-by-wire driving system and four independent wheels called "e-corners" that allow the MRV to drift like a beauty, drive sideways and rotate with a perfect turn radius of zero degrees. Which I might add is the same technology they use on rovers.The MRV would is design to go on  transportation in an urban environment. The top speed is 43 mph with a range of 62 mi. on a single charge of the battery. All four wheels on the MRv could turn 90 degrees. This allow for easy parallel parking. NASA states that the technologies that went into the MRV are likely to play a role in the continuing development of lunar and Mars rovers, as well as future automobile design here on Earth.

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