In the near future, a commercial spaceflight will bring the self-propelled robot Iris to explore the Moon. The robot was designed by 300 students from Carnegie Mellon University (USA).
To date, the United States is the first and only country to have sent a man to the Moon. However, the US Aeronautics and Space Administration (SASA) was conspicuously absent from the robot exploration race. “Sister Hang”.
Iris self-driving car model at Carnegie Mellons University Robotics Institute
Ɩris self-driving car model at the Carnegie Mellons University Robotics Institute – (Photo: Ϲarnegie Mellons University)
The Soviet Union landed the first lunar rovers in the 1970s. Meanwhile, India attempted to send one in 2019, but failed.
The only active lunar rover is Jade Rabbit 2 (Yutu-2) from China, a machine weighing 136 kg. This vehicle has been exploring the dark side of the Moon for 4 years and sends many valuable data back to Earth.
According to Bloomberg News, NASA will continue to suffer “who passed”, This time it’s one group of students from Carnegie Mellon University (CMU). this group deployed plans to send a self-propelled robot named Iris to explore the Moon next May.
Ms. Raewyn Duvall, 28, a doctoral student at MU, is the bearer of the Iris project. Nikoli Stefanov, a 22-year-old physics student, is the mission’s director of operations.
About 300 CMU students participated in the creation of Iris. The robot is about the size of a shoebox and weighs less than 2 kg. It is the smallest and lightest rover that will go to the Moon. It is also the first robot made of carbon fiber instead of aluminum.
The students built such a small explorer robot that it could hitch a ride on a spaceship.
Chris only has one front and rear camera. He does, however, have the advantage of being perched on the Moon’s floor, and his camera can capture close-ups of lunar dust.
Iris has a battery life of approximately 50 hours. When the battery runs out, it will stay on the Moon.
Despite its limitations, Iris is an undeniable step forward for the private space industry. It is believed to be the first self-propelled robot not built by a country to land on the Moon.
In addition, CMU is planning another self-propelled robot also built by the students. This $5 million project is called MoonRanger and is funded by NASA. MoonRanger will be designed to travel to the south pole of the Moon in search of ice.
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The entire Iris self-propelled robot project cost $800,000. CMU and private donors provide financial support in part, in part through a crowdfunding campaign. There were 900 students from the school who contributed. A text file bearing the name of the contributor will be transported to the Moon by the robot Iris. |
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