Rover in a sand trap? No problem with 'rear rotor pedaling'

The researchers have a way to get rovers out sticky situations: "rear rotator pedaling." -- Future Mars and moon rovers may paddle their way out of sand traps: https://www.space.com/paddling-mars-moon-rovers-sand-traps.html

Credit: Space.com / footage courtesy: Shrivastava et al., Sci. Robot. 5, eaba3499 (2020) / produced & edited by Steve Spaleta (http://www.twitter.com/stevespaleta)