We have never heard much about Chile when it comes to building advanced robotics or aerospace exploration but now team Angelicum led by Klaus von Storch is looking to change all that with their initiation. The team comprises of conglomerate of scientists and investors who are keenly looking forward to take their robot to the moon as a part of the mega Google Lunar X Prize which has whooping prize money of $30 million. For this very international level initiation team Angelicum has developed a multifaceted robot which can travel at the speed of 500 meters on the Moon, scanning the terrain and sending back the high-resolution images back to earth.
According to Storch there is a huge importance of the four universities involved in the project: the Catholic University of the Holy Conception, Universidad Austral de Chile, Universidad de Santiago de Chile and Universidad de Concepción. To learn more about this robotic lunar project by Google and team Angelicum’s robot developed for the same, have a look at the video transcript that follows.
Via: BioBioChile
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