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Written by Lu Xu
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Tuesday, 01 February 2005 |
| Introduction
The future Rovers are more autonomous, and can fulfil daily assignments
on their own, as they are able to carry all of their instruments with
them instead of leaving them behind on the landing pod when roaming Mars'
surface. One of the trickiest parts of the Mars Exploration mission is
actually getting the rovers to Mars in working condition. Imagine trying
to drop a robot without breaking it. We need low weight and excellent
firm material for use in space exploration rovers and its multilayer circuits
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Material
for rover body
The rover body is called the warm electronics box, or "WEB"
for short. Like a car body, the rover body is a strong, outer layer that
protects the rover's computer, electronics, and batteries.
The Rover cannot function well under excessively hot or cold... Read
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Material
for mobile system
How rover are going to be designed to traverse with a fair amount of
ease over the rock. To account for the extreme difference in weight and
centre of gravity from plant, the mobility system on the rover is in the
back of the vehicle. What kind of material... Read
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Material
for Electronic circuit
The new Rovers are more autonomous, and can fulfil daily assignments
on their own, as they are able to carry all of their instruments with
them. We need construct circuits that were lighter in weight, meet tight
space requirements and still perform.... Read
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Material
for Solar Panel
What kind of material we are going to use to convert the sunlight in
to power efficiently. The solar plane cell which uses dozens of silicon
panels glued on top of one another. The stack of panels is then rotated
90 degrees and sunlight is focused into the... Read
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Last Updated ( Saturday, 09 July 2005 )
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