NASA Aerospace Agency is developing a new robotic rover RASSOR (Regolith Advanced Surface Systems Operations Robot), which may be used in various space missions for the extraction of useful resources on asteroids or other planets.
The assembled working concept is currently being tested at the Kennedy Space Center. Theoretically, such a robot can be used for mining on the surface of planets and processing ore to produce useful substances like water, oxygen and rocket fuel.
"This is not exactly the typical NASA rover, hung with very complex and at the same time very fragile tools," said Rob Muller, senior technologist at the Surface Systems project at Kennedy Space Center.
“He can dig, he can climb, he can roll over. If he turns upside down, he can turn it back himself. ”
The photo below is an early prototype.
Information about when the robotic rover RASSOR will start the present work is not yet available, but engineers say that the machine is capable of coping with its tasks five times faster than the same Curiosity and withstanding the 16-hour schedule. At the same time for each trip he is able to transport about 20 kilograms of ore.
Below you can see the video of this rover.
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