Five electric motors are used to drive the arm of the rover, ... Mars 2020 Rover Turns Handyman as Robotic Arm Installed. Published: 1 Jul 2019, 09:59 UTC • By: Daniel Patrascu.

Recently the rover had its six wheels fitted so it can traverse the Martian surface, and now it has had its 2.1 meter-long robotic arm installed as well. Skip to main content Menu ...

In this image, taken on June 21, 2019, engineers at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California, install the main robotic arm on the Mars 2020 rover. (A smaller arm to handle Mars ...

(SPACE.com) NASA's Mars rover Curiosity flexed its long robotic arm for the first time on the Red Planet Monday (Aug. 20), passing a critical health check with flying colors, mission managers say.

The Mars 2020 rover has gained its robotic arm, with NASA fitting the SUV-sized robotic explorer with the primary tool with which it will perform experiments on the red planet.

NASA's Mars rover Opportunity successfully unstowed its robotic arm on Dec. 13 for the first time since Nov. 25 after a shoulder joint motor glitch prevented deployment.

NASA's Mars rover Curiosity extended its robotic arm on Aug. 20, 2012, for the first time on Mars and used its Navigation Camera (Navcam) to capture this view of the extended arm.