Chapter X: A Roadmap to Design an Excavator Based on
Create a lunar excavator that dumps the soil into an attached bin, weighs less than 100 kg, uses less than 150 W power, is capable of digging 250 kg/hr of regolith, fits within a cargo space of 1 m 3, with operational lifetime of 5 years, and can be controlled from a ground station, run either autonomously or from ground station commands.
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US20140345168A1 - Electromagnetic Regolith Excavator
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Patents for E02F 5 - Dredgers or soil-shifting machines for special purposes (6,683) 12/2014: 12/31/2014: CN204059444U Improved Mobile framework Channel Maker : …
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Break the Ice Challenge
Figure 3. Phase diagram for water [15]. Icy regolith occupies the purple point in the figure. Should temperatures increase past about -150°C, as they do during …
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NASA's Lunabotics Mining Competition 2011 Rules & Rubrics
result in a safety disqualification at the discretion of the judges. A judge may disable the excavator by pushing the red emergency stop button at any time. 18) The excavation hardware must not push lunar regolith simulant up against the wall to accumulate lunar regolith simulant.
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of oxygen from lunar regolith to provide 10's of metric tons per year, for up to 5 years with little human involvement and maintenance, for reusable surface and ascent/descent transportation. Water Mining: Enable cis-lunar commercial markets through extraction of water resources to provide 100's of
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Advanced Space Surface Systems Operations - NASA Technical
The importance of advanced surface systems is becoming increasingly relevant in the modern age of space technology. Specifically, projects pursued by the Granular Mechanics and Regolith Operations (GMRO) Lab are unparalleled in the field of planetary resourcefulness. This internship opportunity involved projects that support properly utilizing natural resources from other …
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US20170247856A1 - Electromagnetic Regolith Excavator
A system for excavation of magnetic regolith having a collection chamber, a transport tube, a power supply, a wiring system, a controller, and a plurality of electromagnetic coils. Embodiments according to the invention allow for the excavator to have an electromagnetic rod and a flexible tubing. Further embodiments of the invention allow for excavation along vertical and horizontal …
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Excavating robots built by Team Waldbaum (Sam Waldbaum) for the 2008 and 2009 NASA Lunar Excavation Challenges
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Advanced Space Surface Systems Operations - NASA Technical
The importance of advanced surface systems is becoming increasingly relevant in the modern age of space technology. Specifically, projects pursued by the Granular Mechanics and Regolith Operations (GMRO) Lab are unparalleled in the field of planetary resourcefulness. This internship opportunity involved projects that support properly utilizing natural resources from other …
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A Novel Approach to Planetary Regolith Collection: The
The Bucket Drum Excavator (BDE) was designed as a robust yet lightweight device that can effectively collect, contain, and deliver planetary soils. When mounted to a mobility platform, the BDE can collect soil at an excavation site and then deliver the soil to processing equipment. Additional capabilities include road building, ramp and berm construction, trenching, area …
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US5017549A - Electromagnetic Meissner effect launcher
An electromagnetic projectile launcher provides acceleration of a superconducting projectile through the diamagnetic repulsion of the superconducting projectile. A superconducting layer is provided aft of the projectile, either directly on the projectile or on a platform upon which the projectile is carried, and a travelling magnetic field is caused to propagate along a magnetic …
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EmbryRiddle Aeronautical University Prescott AZ LARE Lunar
Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Prescott AZ LAR-E Lunar All-terrain Regolith Excavator Collecting and Dumping subsystem Stephanie Frederick . Overview • • • Objectives Early ideas Revised designs Testing Interpretation .
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Yuchai - New and Used Yuchai Excavators For Sale in Australia
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Chapter 5: The Lunar Environment and - eng.auburn.edu
Chapter 5: The Lunar Environment and Issues for Engineering Design. The moon is a challenging place for human survival and equipment. There is no free water (except for the possibility of water-ice at the lunar poles), essentially no atmosphere and pressures of a hard vacuum (<10 …
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Patents Assigned to DEEP SPACE INDUSTRIES INC. - Justia
Abstract: A system for excavation of magnetic regolith having a collection chamber, a transport tube, a power supply, a wiring system, a controller, and a plurality of electromagnetic coils. Embodiments according to the invention allow for the excavator to have an electromagnetic rod and a flexible tubing. Further embodiments of the invention allow for excavation along vertical …
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ISRU – Space Settlement Progress
Aug 21, 2021 · The LIDS proposal has three rovers – an excavator, regolith hauler, and water hauler each of which would be teleoperated from a nearby lunar surface habitat. Austere Engineering of Littleton, Colorado won the $50,000 third place prize for its Grading and Rotating for Water Located in Excavated Regolith (GROWLER) system.
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Lunabotics FAQ 2011 Revised - NASA
will have enough of a border to safely contain the excavators. The collector bin will be approximately 1 meter in height from the surface of the BP-1 aggregate. Q. Will the regolith get thicker/more compressed with depth? A. The density of the compacted BP-1 aggregate will be between 1.5 g/cm^3 and 1.8 g/cm^3. The top 2
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Regolith Advanced Surface Systems Operations Robot (RASSOR
When the excavator reaches the dump location, the bucket drums are commanded to reverse their direction of rotation, which causes soil/regolith to be expelled out of each successive scoop. RASSOR has wireless control, telemetry, and onboard transmitting cameras, allowing for teleoperation with situational awareness.
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