The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) has begun testing
What is known
The robot is called Cold Operable Lunar DeployableArm or just COLDArm. It is a manipulator that will be installed at the South Pole of the Moon, where NASA plans to land astronauts as part of the Artemis program. In addition, an American (and Chinese) lunar base will also appear there.
The robotic arm has a talkingtitle. It is designed to operate at extremely low temperatures, which prevails at the South Pole of the Moon. NASA says that COLDArm will be able to perform its tasks even if the temperature drops to -173 degrees Celsius.
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The robot will lose part of the heaters that providemaintaining the temperature of the lubricant at the level necessary for operation. Instead, NASA uses cold-resistant materials and innovative technologies that reduce energy consumption by nearly a third and reduce system warm-up time by 120 minutes.
At the same time, COLDArm received several heatersfor electronics and other robot components. The device is capable of operating in unmanned mode and in remote control mode. To create a robot, NASA specialists used the developments from the Ingenuity Martian helicopter project, which completed its 35th flight last week. The COLDArm project will be completed by the end of the decade.