Their wedge-shaped bodies are about 12 centimeters long. A device called a “cryobot” will transport the robots beneath the thick ice shells of these moons, using nuclear energy to melt the ice.

Dr Schaler added: “The concept relies on a cryobot that is designed to access the subsurface ocean by melting or boring through the ice shell, but has limited mobility once it reaches and ...

Cryobot: A robotic probe designed to melt through ice and explore subglacial environments. Close-Contact Melting (CCM): A theory used to model the melting process of probes in contact with ice ...

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Courtesy of NASA Previously, in December of last year, NASA revealed plans for the operation of a thermal drill called 'Cryobot' designed to penetrate the ice layers of moons like Europa and ...

The robots would communicate underwater using a sonar-like system to send data back to the cryobot drill. The cryobot would then relay information through the ice to a lander on Europa's surface ...

IT之家 1 月 9 日消息，美国宇航局（NASA）于 2024 年 10 月发射“欧罗巴快船”（Europa Clipper）号航天器之外， 还在推进名为“SWIM”的项目 ，希望进一步探索土卫二“恩克拉多斯”（Enceladus）和木卫二“欧罗巴 ...

The current prototypes measure 16.5 inches (42cm) in length and weigh about five pounds (2.3kg). Engineers aim to reduce their size by two-thirds, making them roughly the size of a mobile phone. The ...