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New Lunar Rover
Astrobotic Technology has revealed more information about its lunar rover. This company is led by William “Red” Whitaker and hopes to win the $20 million Lunar X Prize. Earlier this month Astrobotic Technology unveiled the Moon Digger that they hope to use to win The NASA Regolith Excavation Challenge. The new rover will be used [...]
Moon Diggers
Astrobotic Technology, with some help from the Robotics Institute of Carnegie Mellon, has created a robot to compete in the The NASA Regolith Excavation Challenge. The challenge will award $500,00 for the robot that can dump the most simulated moon dirt in 30 minutes. Led by Dr. William “Red” Whittaker, Astrobotics main focus is still [...]
Red Rover Shoots For Lunar X Prize
William “Red” Whitaker from Carnegie Mellon, the man that led the Carnegie Mellon team to win the DARPA Urban Challenge, has a new goal. That goal is to win the Lunar X Prize by putting a robot on the moon. Red and his team have created Red Rover. Shown here is prototype 2 of the [...]