{"id":57963,"date":"2018-05-03T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2018-05-02T22:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/richardvanhooijdonk.com\/blog\/will-robo-bees-be-buzzing-on-mars-soon-nasa-is-testing-their-marsbees-now\/"},"modified":"2024-12-19T22:15:17","modified_gmt":"2024-12-19T20:15:17","slug":"will-robo-bees-be-buzzing-on-mars-soon-nasa-is-testing-their-marsbees-now","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.richardvanhooijdonk.com\/en\/will-robo-bees-be-buzzing-on-mars-soon-nasa-is-testing-their-marsbees-now\/","title":{"rendered":"Will robo-bees be buzzing on Mars soon? NASA is testing their Marsbees now"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul class=\"bold-list\">\n<li>NASA\u2019s betting on Mars exploration from the air, using a design inspired by nature<\/li>\n<li>Flying in a super-thin atmosphere takes hard work and careful design<\/li>\n<li>The Marsbees are bee-ing tested now<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>NASA\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.richardvanhooijdonk.com\/en\/will-musks-absurdly-powerful-big-f-ing-rocket-return-us-to-the-moon-or-even-take-us-to-mars\/\">Mars<\/a> rovers were a huge success, allowing us to explore the Red Planet as never before. You\u2019re probably familiar with Spirit, Opportunity, and Curiosity, the wheeled research vehicles that carry an array of specialised equipment and cameras to look for signs of life and analyse Martian geology and climate. They\u2019ve given us stunning pictures and incredible science &#8211; and they\u2019ve been helping researchers back on Earth for years, now. Curiosity, for instance, has travelled more than 18 km since it landed on August 6, 2012, and it\u2019s still hard at work. And while that may not sound like much ground to cover in nearly six years, Curiosity\u2019s 50.8 cm wheels and advanced suspension are really struggling with the rough Martian surface.<\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"Will robo-bees be buzzing on Mars soon? NASA is testing their Marsbees now\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/SJXL16FeVxQ?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>NASA wants to continue its <a href=\"https:\/\/richardvanhooijdonk.com\/keynote\/trends-2040-ben-jij-er-klaar-voor\/\">unmanned exploration<\/a>, and it\u2019s turning to creative solutions to these mobility problems. The scientists and engineers at NASA\u2019s Innovative Advanced Concepts (NIAC) know, for instance, that the rocky Martian regolith is hell on a rover\u2019s wheels, and getting stuck or disabled is a real threat. So they\u2019re thinking outside the box and working on tiny flying robots they call \u201cMarsbees\u201d, a design inspired by nature.<\/p>\n<h2>NASA\u2019s betting on Mars exploration from the air, using a design inspired by nature<\/h2>\n<p>Combining expertise from the US and Japan, the joint initiative is led by Dr Chang-kwon Kang from the University of Alabama. He\u2019s drawing on the success of Yanghai Nan\u2019s \u201chummingbird micro air vehicle\u201d, a tiny robot that flies by flapping its wings much like the frenetic bird. Nan\u2019s design was chosen as the basis for this new initiative because it can deal with the harsh conditions on the Red Planet and allow faster, more efficient exploration.<\/p>\n<p>Take a look at Nan\u2019s original concept:<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=aWeUPiz2pt4<\/p>\n<h2>Flying in a super-thin atmosphere takes hard work and careful design<\/h2>\n<p>But the atmosphere on Mars is really thin. In fact, it\u2019s approximately 100 times less dense than here on Earth at sea-level, and that doesn\u2019t make flying easy. So, the first problem Kang\u2019s team needs to deal with is creating enough lift to keep a flying robot in the air. The solution is to design a tiny drone with oversized wings, reducing weight while increasing its capacity for lift. As Kang <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sciencealert.com\/nasa-wants-swarms-buzzing-robot-bees-marsbees-to-explore-mars\">explains<\/a>, \u201cOur preliminary numerical results suggest that a bumblebee with a cicada wing can generate sufficient lift to hover in the Martian atmosphere.\u201d With these relatively huge insect-like wings beating quickly, the team is pretty sure they can get the Marsbees flying in the thin Martian atmosphere, with the right tweaks, of course. And flying solves the rovers\u2019 mobility problems; by taking to the skies, these tiny bots could cover a lot of ground, really quickly.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_31877\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-31877\" style=\"width: 800px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-31877 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.richardvanhooijdonk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2019\/05\/mars-bee-1.jpg\" alt=\"A rover driving over sand dunes surrounded by bee-like flying robots\" width=\"800\" height=\"417\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-31877\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">If the NASA team can work out all the kinks, a swarm of these Marsbees would be sent to Mars in a lander that they\u2019d use as a headquarters for recharging, data processing, and the transmission of their findings back to Mission Control.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>If the NASA team can work out all the kinks, a swarm of these Marsbees would be sent to Mars in a lander that they\u2019d use as a headquarters for recharging, data processing, and the transmission of their findings back to Mission Control. Their light weight would cut down costs, especially when compared to the 899 kg Curiosity rover, and because there\u2019d be so many of the tiny drones, losing one or two wouldn\u2019t be that big a deal. That increases what scientists call \u2018robustness\u2019, allowing for mistakes and disasters without crippling the mission. They can also work together to accomplish more complicated missions, a clear advantage of swarm tech.<\/p>\n<h2>The Marsbees are bee-ing tested now<\/h2>\n<p>Right now, Kang\u2019s team is doing the hard math to calculate the details of Marsbee flight. But soon, they plan to use a vacuum chamber to simulate the ultra-thin Martian atmosphere and test their design\u2019s flight worthiness. In <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/directorates\/spacetech\/niac\/2018_Phase_I_Phase_II\/Marsbee_Swarm_of_Flapping_Wing_Flyers_for_Enhanced_Mars_Exploration\/\">Phase 2<\/a> of the testing, they want to assess the drones\u2019 \u201cmaneuverability, wind gust rejection, take-off\/landing, power implications, remote sensing, and mission optimization\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>These Marsbees are still a long way from a trip to explore the Red Planet, but we\u2019re pretty sure that something like them will make that journey relatively soon. The advantages of a swarm of flying drones are just too obvious to miss, and if we want to jump-start our exploration of other planets and moons, it\u2019s time to look for alternatives to wheeled rovers.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NASA\u2019s betting on Mars exploration from the air, using a design inspired by nature Flying in a super-thin atmosphere takes hard work and careful design The Marsbees are bee-ing tested now NASA\u2019s Mars rovers were a huge success, allowing us to explore the Red Planet as never before. 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