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The group of the engineers Of massachusetsskeyeo technological institute (MIT) under the management of Prof. Stephen dubovskiy (Stephen Dubowsky) continues to develop a series of spherical mini-robot- intelligence officers, intended for investigating Mars. According to the concept of the inventors, thousand of these minizondov with size baseball sphere can penetrate in the mountain regions, the canyons and the caves of red planet, inaccessible for the Mars rovers.
The field tests of minizondov will be carry ouied by the autumn of present year in the caves in New Mexico by doctor Stephen dubovskiy (Stephen Dubowsky) from Massachusetts Institute of Technology with the collaboration with the scientists of the mining institute of New Mexico under the management by Dr. penelopy Boston (Penelope Boston). The first party of intelligence officers it is planned to deliver to Mars in 10 years.
Mini-robots with weight about 100 g will be equipped with autonomous fuel cells, video cameras, sensors of the state of environment and with other instruments. Artificial muscles will allow them to jump, to jump aside and to roll. Maximum frequency of leaps - 60 an hour, nominal - 6. The length of leap is 1,5 m. in 30 days the force of intelligence officers it will be able to investigate the region with an area of about 120 square kilometers.
The housings of minizondov are made from the durable and light plastic. Their fuel cells will make it possible to support normal temperature for the work of electronic circuits. All mini-robots can exchange information with each other through the local network (LVS), which in turn will be connected with the control center on the Earth.
The intelligence officers can investigate on the masthead, among other things, lava channels - tunnels, left by the underground flows of lava. These channels, which are the promising objects for the searches for liquid water, in many places leave to the surface of planet.
Tiny robots can prove to be they are useful, also, on the Earth with the search and rescue missions in the destroyed buildings or at other dangerous places, and also in the anti-terrorist actions - for the search for fighters in the caves. In the past year the researchers obtained Grant to studies from the institute of the foremost ideas OF NASA - NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION (NIAC).