This is the rover’s iris

We’ve talked to you on countless occasions about vehicles and robots scouring the soil of Mars, but this kind of invention is also found on the surface of the Moon. one of Curiosity What you probably didn’t know is that right now Rover Fred who passes through The satellite this made in china. NASA recently introduced its VIPER rover, which it claims is a ‘mapmaker’ of the Moon before humans set foot on it again. However, it appears that the Student group they might be faster from the American Organization.

Left on Earth by NASA, this is the alien Iris rover

Recently, thanks Information published in BloombergWe knew a bunch of work students affiliate Carnegie Mellon University. As they explain in the tweet that we show you below these lines, the rover they have created, if all goes according to plan, will be the first American lunar robot, the first planetary vehicle created at a university and the first nanoplanetary vehicle. . this Rover Iris He was Designed and built by nearly 300 studentswho intends to extract it from Earth Heading to the moon the next May 4th.

He was @ Carnegie Mellon UniversityThe Eris lunar rover will go to the moon at the end of 2021!

🌙 The first American mobile robot
🌙 The first university planetary vehicle
🌙 The first planetary nanovehicle

Thanks in advance for the trip @employee And @employee! pic.twitter.com/1ioj3QlzgD

– Iris Lunar Rover (via Carnegie Mellon University) (@cmu_iris) May 17, 2021

If you’ve ever seen a photo of a rover, you should know that Iris is nothing like the large rovers created by space agencies. this rover from Carnegie Mellon University measuring approximate one shoe box It weighs approx 2 kg, making it the smallest and lightest lunar exploration vehicle ever. this Made of carbon fibre The main reason for its small size is that it can be part of a file Private tripin this case by the company Astrobotic technologywhich will carry 14 payloads on its next flight.

The exact price the university had to pay for the Iris rover to ride aboard Astrobotic Technology’s flight is not known, but total budget of the project amounted to more than 700,000 euros, which was funded in part by the university and also by private donors and a crowdfunding campaign. barely 1000 people contributed to the fact that Iris has been created and is traveling to the moon which is why it will be represented in the form of a text file to be inserted inside the rover.

the Iris capabilitiesYes, it can’t be compared to other vehicles, as only the rover has it Front and back cameras. Its movements on the lunar surface will not be easy, since it has no sensors, only a pneumatic to cast live signalto locate you correctly and detect things, but in return, you will have the opportunity to do so Detailed photoswhere you will be centimeters from the ground.

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