Posted on 08/17/2022 4:25:13 PM PDT by BenLurkin
Students at the Delft University of Technology (TU Delft) in the Netherlands are developing the world's smallest and lightest moon rover, called Lunar Zebro.
Named after the Dutch phrase for "six-legged," Lunar Zebro will indeed have six legs instead of wheels, allowing it to climb taller obstacles on the moon than its wheeled counterparts can overcome. The rover will be the size of a standard sheet of paper and weigh about 5.5 pounds (2.5 kilograms).
The project has been in the work for the better part of a decade, although it started with Earthbound implications. The Zebro Group was founded in 2013 with the goal of developing a "flexible and inexpensive alternative to the big and complex rover platforms we normally see around the world," according to Maneesh Kr. Verma, Zebro Group head of operations. But the group didn't set its lunar ambitions until 2017.
Now, the team hopes to send one rover to the moon in the coming years for a technical demonstration lasting one lunar day, or 14 Earth days. That mission would also include a science payload: a sensor to measure radiation on the moon.
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Sounds cool. I wonder if NASA has considered a rover with legs.
Good video on the project
Maybe why there’s never been a spider with wheels
This is how you get Replicators.
My first semester freshman year in Mechanical Engineering, this really weird professor assigned the class to develop a Mars lander and mission profile concept. I thought it was the stupidest assignment ever for a bunch of 18 year old neophytes. But these kids are actually building a lunar rover robot. That is ultra-cool.
I saw one of those at the White House the other day. Its an Obamoid style ashaole!
Come to think of it, the people in the West Wing have announced its a photo of Reggie Love’s sphincter.
Looks worn out...
https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2011/11/reggie-love-is-leaving-the-white-house.html
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