Endurance Tests underwater robot

Endurance Tests underwater robot

Currently, scientists have begun testing a robot-researcher ENDURANCE for his ability not to lose efficiency in the working conditions Suspicious ice. If successful completion of the experiment such a model will be sent to Europe one of the satellites of Jupiter. The tests began on February 12 and end on 15 February. Places tests chosen Lake Mendota in the town of the University of Wisconsin. Draft ENDURANCE (Environmentally Non-Disturbing Under-ice Robotic Antarctic Explorer) on the ice research using robototehnology of program NASA astrobiologicheskim Sciences and Technology planetary exploration at the moment, cost investors in 2.3 million dollars. This robot can navigate autonomously under water, creating a three-dimensional map of space. As part of the testing robot will collect data on the environment, but will also take samples of microorganisms. In the current year, this robot will be sent to the test in Antarctica. As such flight in Europe appointed to a very distant future.