/technologies/robotics/b/blog/posts/nasa-develops-off-world-blue-collar-robot-for-excavation-of-resourcesRegolith Advanced Surface Systems Operations Robot - RASSOR Excavator (via NASA) The majority of robots are designed to ‘serve’ in some form or another, but very few are able to do it on other celestial bodies other than Earth. NASA’s Mars rover...en-USTelligent Community 12https://community.element14.com/technologies/robotics/b/blog/posts/nasa-develops-off-world-blue-collar-robot-for-excavation-of-resourcesFri, 01 Feb 2013 22:17:29 GMT93d5dcb4-84c2-446f-b2cb-99731719e767:02b8c45a-4cf0-433d-94e1-af453cf29778DAB1<p>A good next step for robots.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>One big advantage for these types of robots is that we can also use them on earth as an initial step towards automating a lot of mining, tunneling and initial construction operations.</p><p>We can also send them to the moon for a first field test where we can have faster access to deployment and remote operations testing.</p><p>Once we begin, there are a plethora of hazardous tasks for which the robots could be used.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>It will be worth keeping an eye on the development programs to see what people come up with.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>DAB</p><img src="https://community.element14.com/aggbug?PostID=14953&AppID=36&AppType=Weblog&ContentType=0" width="1" height="1">