United Kingdom, March 12 -- A newly developed wind-powered robot could help overcome some of the major obstacles facing exploration in remote and hostile environments such as space, its developer has declared.

Saurabh Upadhyay, a space engineer at Cranfield University, is part of the research team behind WANDER-bot, a 3D-printed robot designed to move using wind energy rather than conventional battery power.

The prototype has been developed by researchers at the university as a potential tool for exploring locations where human presence is difficult or impractical.

It could operate for extended periods in environments such as deserts, polar regions and even other planets without relying on heavy batteries to move.

The project is inten...