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01.01.1970 //Robots excavators battle for fourth of million dollars.
To THE USA passed the first competition of autonomous lunar excavators - Regolith Excavation Challenge, organized under aegis NASA In the battle was accepted the participation of 4 commands, which represent universities and companies OF THE USA, but conquered could not be for anyone. On the conditions of competition, each robot- aspirant, who weighs is not more than 40 kg and that consuming is not more than 30 kilowatts, had to in 30 minutes move from one section to another not less than 150 kg of artificial regolith. What is important - in the completely autonomous regime. Competition was passed to the large sandbox, filled with the ton of synthetic regolith. Quickest proved to be machine from the company "Technology Ranch". But even it for the test of half-hour could gather "on the Moon" only of 65 kg of regolith. In the following year this competition will pass again. The prize fund for present contest, which composed $250 thousand, will be added to the polumillionnomu prize fund, isolated for the contest 2008- GO. So that its summary prize fund will compose $750 thousand.