Low-cost robust processes are needed to produce construction materials for habitats and
civil infrastructure in the early stages of the development of a permanent base on the moon …

Regolith penetration for placing instruments into ground and regolith-sampling for re-entry or
in-situ analysis play an extremely critical role in searching for alien life and revealing the …

Penetrating planetary regolith is extremely important to explore the secrets inside
extraterrestrial celestial bodies. Applying the concept and method of bionics to endow …

Sampling soil or rocks from extraterrestrial celestial bodies is the essential step to detecting
the existence of water and life in celestial bodies, it is also an important channel to obtain …

On December 2, 2020, a 2-m class robotic drill onboard the Chinese Chang'E 5 lunar lander
successfully penetrated 1 m into the lunar regolith and collected 259.72 g of samples. This …

Abstract Knowledge of the mechanical behavior of planetary rocks is indispensable for
space explorations. The scarcity of pristine samples and the irregular shapes of planetary …

The lunar surface and its deep layers contain abundant resources and valuable information
resources, the exploration and exploitation of which are important for the sustainable …

The lunar lander developed by Russia for the first near polar mission Luna–25 is equipped
with a compact and multifunctional robotic arm (Lunar Manipulator Complex, LMC) designed …

Obtaining rock samples by drilling is an important method of asteroid detection. Due to the
strict restrictions on the weight, volume, and weight on bit, conventional drilling devices are …

Currently, uncrewed lunar drilling and sampling using robots faces many technical
difficulties. To ensure the efficient and reliable execution of lunar regolith sampling tasks, it is …