New Robot Concept for Mars soil Exploration: mechanics and functionality

The exploration of Mars on 2004 by robots Spirit and Opportunity represents a step towards the use of the Mars planet by the man, in a future. The robots made an excellent job and their exploration was finally a description of the characters of the Mars soil. The European Exomars satellite could detect parameters of the composition of the soil and their exam supported the conviction of the presence of water, and in the same time the possible existence of life. More than a special idea of a project, now it is necessary to perform like a universal idea, which will be the consequence of the results obtained up to now by robotics. The concept of colony of many robots for exploration, able to perform actions on Moon or on Mars is here presented, like a step for new concepts in space robotic design.

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