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NASA hosts robotic mining event

On May 18-20, the seventh annual NASA Robotic Mining Competition was held at the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex in Florida

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This year, Caterpillar brought its Command for Dozing operator station to the event

This year, Caterpillar brought its Command for Dozing operator station to the event

More than 45 university-level teams designed and built remote controlled mining robots to traverse a simulated Martian terrain. The robots then had to excavate basaltic regolith and the ice simulants (gravel)...

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