LunaRoo: A Proposal for the Google Lunar XPrize Payload Opportunity with the Part Time Scientists team
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Proposal This proposal describes the innovative and competitive lunar payload solution developed at the Queensland University of Technology (QUT) – the LunaRoo: a hopping robot designed to exploit the Moon's lower gravity to leap up to 20m above the surface. It is compact enough to fit within a 10cm cube, whilst providing unique observation and mission capabilities by creating imagery during the hop. This first section is deliberately kept short and concise for web submission; additional information can be found in the next chapter.
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