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Discuss “'Scarab' the robot”

The Field Robotics Center at Carnegie Mellon’s Robotics Institute has developed a prototype moon rover, “Scarab.” The robot has the ability to perform the challenging task of lunar prospecting.

The ultimate goal of lunar prospecting is to discover, extract, and utilize resources in the soil of other planets.

David Wettergreen, leader of Scarab’s software and autonomy development, said, “This is a technology development program that is focusing on extracting hydrogen and oxygen from lunar soil.

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NASA currently has no plans for a robotic mission to the moon. However, Scarab provides developers and engineers a test bed for potential designs and ideas in order to be better prepared for a lunar mission in the future.

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