Progress towards an optically powered cryobot

Volume: 55, Issue: 65, Pages: 2 - 13
Published: Jan 1, 2014
Abstract
VALKYRIE (Very-deep Autonomous Laser-powered Kilowatt-class Yo-yoing Robotic Ice Explorer) is a NASA-funded project to develop key technologies for an autonomous ice penetrator, or cryobot, capable of delivering science payloads through outer planet ice caps and terrestrial glaciers. This 4 year effort will produce a cylindrical cryobot prototype 280 cm in length and 25 cm in diameter. One novel element of VALKYRIE’s design is the use of a...
Paper Details
Title
Progress towards an optically powered cryobot
Published Date
Jan 1, 2014
Volume
55
Issue
65
Pages
2 - 13
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