They're on a Mission to Mars.

The article focuses on the importance of autonomous robots to the missions of Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) headed by the California Institute of Technology on planet Mars. It notes the ability of such robots to withstand the stress of extreme temperatures and the winds on such planet. It states the activities that will be held by JPL as part of its Mars Science Lab mission to be launched in 2011. The author attributes the creation of such robots to a team of engineers.