A group of students from the University of Adelaide have built a 3D scan of the Naracoorte Caves using a “robot spider”.
The project called CaveX saw the group create 15 iterations of the model before settling on a final design on a set of six legs, to prevent damage to the caves’ surface and enable it to traverse uneven terrain with a variety of different gaits.
Naracoorte Caves, located in South Australia’s southeast is a UNESCO World Heritage Site and national park home to stalactites, stalagmites and prehistoric fossils.