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NASA’s powerful moon mining robot could dig 10,000 kg of soil in a single lunar day
Its key task would be to efficiently mine and transport lunar regolith – the loose rocky material covering the Moon's surface ...
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Chinese 'robot dog' that moves like a cat could revolutionize space exploration and asteroid mining
A cat-like exploration robot could one day scramble over the surface of asteroids using a unique movement system designed to keep it in motion even in the most extreme conditions. Scientists ...
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Getting rovers, crab-walkers and microsatellites into space
“Our challenge was to devise a way to sample an unknown material from the surface ... extra-hardy robotics for microgravity deployments attracted the interest of Asteroid Mining Corporation ...