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Robot Is the First to Explore 2,000-Year-Old, Pre-Aztec Tunnel

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A Mexican tunnel that dates back two millennia has been fully explored for the first time by a robot. Named after the Aztec rain god, the Tlaloque 1 robot measures one foot wide, rolls on four sturdy wheels and boasts a video camera. Having traveled the 100-meter passageway, which may be the entrance to a tomb, the robot has given researchers hope of entering the tunnel themselves by December.

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