#lunar south pole

The post Hong Kong team builds AI porter for lunar south pole appeared on BitcoinEthereumNews.com. A team out of Hong Kong University of Science and Technology built a 100-kilogram rover with a humanoid torso and four wheels. It’s headed to the moon’s south pole in 2029 on China’s Chang’e-8 mission. The job is simple. Move gear. Once the Chang’e-8 probe lands, the rover hauls instruments and sensors to their spots, deploys them, and grabs surface samples. Hong Kong Space Robotics and Energy Center led the build, working with 30 universities and space groups across Hong Kong, mainland China, and a few international partners. “This will be a novel demonstration of humanoid robotics on the moon and by China. We are very proud of this design,” Gao Yang, the HKUST professor who runs the center, said on April 29. Chang’e-8 targets a different slice of the lunar south pole than Chang’e-7, which is supposed to land its own humanoid robot in the same general area. “We have heard that Chang’e-7