Lunar Zebro will be the world's smallest moon rover — just the size of a sheet of paper.
The project has been in the work for the better part of a decade, although it started with Earthbound implications. The Zebro Group was founded in 2013 with the goal of developing a"flexible and inexpensive alternative to the big and complex rover platforms we normally see around the world," according to Maneesh Kr. Verma, Zebro Group head of operations. But the group didn't set its lunar ambitions until 2017.
Now, the team hopes to send one rover to the moon in the coming years for a technical demonstration lasting one lunar day, or 14days. That mission would also include a science payload: a sensor to measure radiation on the moon. Ultimately, the team hopes that Lunar Zebro would be able to operate in insect-like swarms."With a swarm like this, we could explore caves and other risky terrains where a conventional rover might not dare to go," Verma said."Also, searching for specific features or things becomes easier since a swarm can cover a much larger area at once."
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