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SAMLER-KI: Surviving Lunar Nights - AI-Powered Micro Rover for Future Moon Missions
Robotic systems will play a key role in future lunar missions, and a great deal of research is currently being conducted in this area. The SAMLER-AI project is also conducting research in this area.. The project focuses on the conceptual design of a semi-autonomous micro rover that is capable of surviving lunar nights while remaining within the size class of a micro rover. During development, conditions on the Moon such as dust exposure, radiation, and the vacuum of space are taken into account, along with the 14-Earth-day duration of a lunar night.
For a reference mission, the surroundings of the Reiner Gamma region were selected. This example mission is planned to start on 16 March 2030 at 21:00:00 Barycentric Dynamical Time (TDB) and will last for two lunar days, concluding on 27 April 2030 at 13:00:00 TDB. The highlight of the mission will be the rover surviving the lunar night, allowing it to continue its journey into the second lunar day.
The animation shows the approach developed so far by DFKI and FH Aachen.
