MIT researchers propose modular, multi-mission Moon robots
We're going to need a lot of robots to handle dangerous tasks once we get to the Moon, and a team from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology is proposing a solution: Modular, wheel-free walking robots made from a bunch of reconfigurable parts.
"Astronauts could go into the shed, pick the worms they need, along with the right shoes, body, sensors and tools, and they could snap everything together, then disassemble it to make a new one. The design is flexible, sustainable, and cost-effective," LordosLordos and his team first conceived of WORMS in 2022 as part of NASA's Breakthrough, Innovating and Game-Changing idea challenge.
TRL 4 means that a component or subsystem of a project has been validated in a laboratory environment. According to the paper, the team's immediate goal seems to be to reach TRL 6, which means a system, subsystem or prototype has been demonstrated in a relevant environment – in this case on the Moon.
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