Integrated Robotic Team for Martian Water Collection

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Jan 2002

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2002rasc.conf...78a&link_type=abstract

RASC-AL (Revolutionary Aerospace Systems Concepts-Academic Linkage): 2002 Advanced Concept Design Presentation, p. 78-93

Computer Science

Robotics

Aerospace Systems, Robotics, Mars Exploration, Water, Mars (Planet), Mars Surface Samples, 2001 Mars Odyssey, Roving Vehicles, Ice, Soils, Gamma Ray Spectrometers

Scientific paper

This paper is in response to a request for papers from the Lunar and Planetary Institute for the annual conference of its Revolutionary Aerospace Systems Concepts-Academic Linkage program. An integrated robotic team for the collection of subsurface Martian water ice was designed, based on the 2001 Mars Odyssey discovery of the signatures of a significant amount of water ice on Mars. Gamma-ray spectrometer readings indicate that in large regions near the Martian poles, the soil between 60 and 100 cm beneath the surface contains 40% to 73% water ice by volume. The extraction and transport of this water would enable human habitation and exploration on Mars because water can be consumed by humans and chemically transformed into hydrogen and oxygen fuel. This study adopted the philosophy that a team of small robots can perform this collection task more efficiently and more reliably than one large, multi-task robot. A concept was designed for a team of small autonomous robots that traverse the Martian soil to detect, extract, and transport ice to a central holding and processing location. The team consists of drilling rovers that penetrate the Martian surface, collect frozen water and soil, and deliver this ice/soil mixture to quicker, less massive transporting rovers. A top-level design of the entire robotic team was produced.

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