Comments for Moon Diggers http://www.moondiggers.com Building robots to enable Mankind to thrive in space Sat, 22 Aug 2009 11:25:02 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 Comment on First 30 minute run by Mamadou b diakite http://www.moondiggers.com/2009/06/first-30-minute-run/comment-page-1/#comment-11 Mamadou b diakite Sat, 22 Aug 2009 11:25:02 +0000 http://www.moondiggers.com/?p=23#comment-11 thank you nasa for your power science tech in moon diggers thank you nasa for your power science tech in moon diggers

]]> Comment on First 30 minute run by admin http://www.moondiggers.com/2009/06/first-30-minute-run/comment-page-1/#comment-6 admin Tue, 07 Jul 2009 19:20:04 +0000 http://www.moondiggers.com/?p=23#comment-6 Yes on autonomous, no on obstacle avoidance. We have rough conversations and calculations as to what it would mean for the "real thing" but we hope to test in the real stuff soon and use that as a baseline. Yes on autonomous, no on obstacle avoidance. We have rough conversations and calculations as to what it would mean for the “real thing” but we hope to test in the real stuff soon and use that as a baseline.

]]> Comment on First 30 minute run by Duane Boldt http://www.moondiggers.com/2009/06/first-30-minute-run/comment-page-1/#comment-5 Duane Boldt Tue, 07 Jul 2009 06:06:30 +0000 http://www.moondiggers.com/?p=23#comment-5 Nice work. I like the design. Have you started work on making this vehicle autonomous? How about obstacle avoidance? Did you come up with the conversions for approximate weight for regolith as opposed to the material you moved in the video? Nice work. I like the design. Have you started work on making this vehicle autonomous? How about obstacle avoidance? Did you come up with the conversions for approximate weight for regolith as opposed to the material you moved in the video?

]]> Comment on First 30 minute run by Paul Ventimiglia http://www.moondiggers.com/2009/06/first-30-minute-run/comment-page-1/#comment-4 Paul Ventimiglia Thu, 02 Jul 2009 13:18:11 +0000 http://www.moondiggers.com/?p=23#comment-4 Thanks for your response. I am also curious about if you have been testing with a 2 second delay or not. It appears that the operator in these simple tests had no visual delay, so I am curious. It looks challenging to drive up a steep ramp with time delay reactions. Thanks for your response.

I am also curious about if you have been testing with a 2 second delay or not. It appears that the operator in these simple tests had no visual delay, so I am curious. It looks challenging to drive up a steep ramp with time delay reactions.

]]> Comment on First 30 minute run by admin http://www.moondiggers.com/2009/06/first-30-minute-run/comment-page-1/#comment-3 admin Wed, 01 Jul 2009 15:49:49 +0000 http://www.moondiggers.com/?p=23#comment-3 Paul, While we intend to post a video to go into it in detail, here are some quick answers: - How much weight? During that run, we collected a total of 112kgs of "Glass Sand", while I don't have off the top of my head how that converts to regolith, I'll make sure to get that to you soon. - For our computer we are using a small netbook - I believe my first response covers this last question. The key as to why we chose that sand was that 1. It was readily available, and 2. Relatively fine. Paul,

While we intend to post a video to go into it in detail, here are some quick answers:
- How much weight? During that run, we collected a total of 112kgs of “Glass Sand”, while I don’t have off the top of my head how that converts to regolith, I’ll make sure to get that to you soon.
- For our computer we are using a small netbook
- I believe my first response covers this last question. The key as to why we chose that sand was that 1. It was readily available, and 2. Relatively fine.

]]> Comment on First 30 minute run by Paul Ventimiglia http://www.moondiggers.com/2009/06/first-30-minute-run/comment-page-1/#comment-2 Paul Ventimiglia Wed, 01 Jul 2009 01:40:31 +0000 http://www.moondiggers.com/?p=23#comment-2 Awesome looking machine! Great progress. -Approximately how much volume or weight would that run total in regolith? -What kind of computer is your robot running? -What did you choose to use for simulant simulant? Awesome looking machine! Great progress.
-Approximately how much volume or weight would that run total in regolith?
-What kind of computer is your robot running?
-What did you choose to use for simulant simulant?

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