A picture drawn from the ISRU Pilot Excavator as it is checked in a blacked out center with very little lighting that simulates the extreme, feature-less surface of the Moon.
NASA
An image drawn from the ISRU Pilot Excavator as it is evaluated in a blacked out center with very little lighting that simulates the severe, feature-less surface of the Moon.
NASA
Severe, low-angle sunshine, long and dark shadows, and a featureless surface will make navigation tough when NASA’s ISRU Pilot Excavator (IPEx) is sent out to the Moon. Due to the fact that of this, the IPEx group has actually started evaluating different techniques to autonomously drive the excavator in a specifically built rock lawn that imitates these ecological conditions. The group prepares to release the information sets from these distinct tests later on this year.