The Gravity Offloader
Creating robots to explore and utilize the Moon requires attention to the reduced gravity, which is one-sixth that of Earth. The lower weight means robots require less power than on Earth to travel from place to place, but it also reduces the traction that machines get in the loose lunar soil. This video shows an initial component test for the Scalable Gravity Offload rig that Astrobotic is developing under a NASA contract.
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