In the future, the Moon is intended to serve as a stepping stone to further destinations in space. Astronauts will travel to the lunar surface for limited periods to conduct scientific experiments and infrastructure-building projects. The use of robotic systems is also planned for this purpose. The LunarCobot project aims to bring the key technologies required for the deployment of heterogeneous robot teams in lunar space missions to a high level of maturity and evaluate them in realistic environments. In doing so, LunarCobot aligns with the goals of NASA’s Moon to Mars program by leveraging existing technologies and subcomponents with a high Technology Readiness Level (TRL), further developing them, and increasing their TRL through qualification tests conducted under conditions as close to reality as possible.
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Universitaet Stuttgart - Institut fuer Raumfahrtsysteme Universitaet Bremen Fachbereich 03 - Mathematik und Informatik Arbeitsgruppe Robotik
