A 16.5-inch-long prototype of a robot designed to explore subsurface oceans of icy moons is reflected in the water’s surface during a test in a competition swimming pool in September 2024. Conducted by NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory, the testing showed the feasibility of a mission concept called SWIM, short for Sensing With Independent Micro-swimmers. The project envisions a swarm of dozens of self-propelled, cellphone-size robots looking for signs of life on ocean worlds. SWIM is funded by NASA’s Innovative Advanced Concepts program under the agency’s Space Technology Mission Directorate.
Image credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech
2024年9月，在一个竞赛游泳池的测试中，一个16.5英寸长的机器人原型被反射在水面上，该机器人旨在探索冰卫星的地下海洋。由NASA喷气推进实验室进行的测试表明，一种名为SWIM（Sensing With Independent Micro-swimmers的缩写）的任务概念的可行性。该项目设想了一个由数十个自行推进的手机大小的机器人组成的群体，在海洋世界寻找生命的迹象。SWIM由NASA太空技术任务局下属的创新先进概念计划资助。
了解更多关于下一代机器人概念的信息，这些机器人可能会潜入木卫二和其他海洋世界的海洋深处。
影像来源: NASA/JPL-Caltech
