Carnegie Mellon / NASA · Disaster Response · 1994
The volcano explorer. In 1994 the eight-legged, tether-rappelling Dante II descended into Alaska’s active Mt. Spurr crater to sample fumarole gases too dangerous for humans — a foundational mission for extreme-environment and planetary robotics.
| Category | Disaster Response |
| Status | Retired |
| Year | 1994 |
| Degrees of freedom | 16 |
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