Moon exploration robot

Researchers at Carnegie Mellon University's Robot Institute (USA) are studying, creating a Moon exploration and mining robot for NASA, called Scarab. They hope the technology applied to Scarab will be applied to robots that explore the Moon in the future.

The environment on the Moon is a rather harsh environment when the southernmost points show the whole night and the temperature falls below -385 ⁰ C. With this environment, people face many difficulties when they want to explore Ms. Hang. So are robots. Because unlike other planets, the Moon has absolutely no fuel to provide robots to function.

However, according to the test results, Scarab will operate effectively and can provide electrical energy for a 100w light bulb. The mission of this robot is to find the concentration of hydrogen and water (if any) as well as volatile substances on the Moon to find the future fuel source for future activities.

Scarab's mission is to find the concentration of hydrogen and water (if any) as well as volatile substances on the Moon to find a source of fuel in the future.

Scarab can move through obstacles and cling to cliffs to drill deep into the Moon's surface with a deep drilling system. Not only is agile, traveling long distances on sand or gravel, Scarab is also an exploration platform. It can operate for months in the dark without solar or battery power; instead, it uses radioisotope energy and low-energy laser sensors.

Scarab can move at 10cm / s. When encountering large obstacles on the road or encountering hard objects when drilling, it can stop temporarily to continue energizing. The researchers are calculating to make Scarab weighing 250 kg to ensure both goals: fast moving with high efficiency and large enough volume to create stability when drilling.

Scarab is not only able to travel long distances on sand or gravel, Scarab is also an exploration platform

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