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Motiv Space Systems and JPL to develop robotic arm for extreme cold environments
by Staff Writers
Pasadena CA (SPX) Jan 27, 2021

At the front of NASA's Mars 2020 Perseverance Rover is a 7-foot long arm with 5-joints. It carries some of the mission's most critical tools for analyzing and sampling the Martian surface. To design and build this critical piece of robotics, NASA turned to Motiv Space Systems.

Motiv Space Systems, in partnership with JPL, has announced the development of COLDArm, the first-in-kind robotic arm that will be built to survive the extreme cold of the Moon's South Pole ushering in a new era of extended space exploration on the Moon, Mars, and beyond.

COLDArm (short for Cold Operable Lunar Deployable Arm) is a vital component of the Commercial Lunar Payload Services (CLPS) a NASA program to send small robotic landers and rovers to the Moon, including its South Pole-a region known for extremely cold temperatures in the dark of night.

In fact, that's the biggest design challenge faced by the space robotics engineers at Motiv and JPL: the extreme cold. To date, there aren't that many space components that are expected to last a lunar night or to operate during a lunar night, but all of that is changing:

"COLDArm will be designed to operate in cryogenic environments using electronics and lubricant-free mechanical components that can function in environments as cold as -279 F. The design will reduce the power needed for a rover or lander's operations, enabling robots equipped with the arm to extend missions," explains Tom McCarthy, Motiv's VP of Business Development.

COLDArm, which utilizes next generation technologies of both Motiv Space Systems and JPL, is funded by NASA's Space Technology Mission Directorate (STMD) through the Game Changing Development Program.

Motiv's experience in building space-capable robotic arms is extensive: Perseverance, xLink, and now COLDArm, a robot arm that is also adaptable, potentially fitting many of the rovers and landers that NASA has planned for future missions. In this "new era of extraplanetary exploration," Motiv Space Systems will continue to further the technology that furthers the exploration of space. COLDArm is just the beginning.


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