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XI. Workshop of Physical Chemists and Electrochemists´11 Brno
2. ADVANCED ROBOTIC NANOBIOTECHNOLOGIES FOR EXPLORATION
OF MARS’S SURFACE
The ARNEMS project is focused on the development of a unique multi-purpose
detector called Eurydica for analysis of surface and environment at Mars. The
multipurpose detector Eurydica uses the latest lab-on-chip nanobiotechnologies. The
developed detector will be controlled by our developed software, to which neural
networks and artificial intelligence will be implemented with regard to do the most
sensitive evaluation and processing of signals. Eurydica detector will be also implemented
in the reconnaissance robot Orpheus. Moreover, the robot will carry additional
equipments for sampling of Mars environment and for cultivating and handling with
bacteria able to live on the Mars and create oxygen atmosphere. This feature will serve as
so called incubator for the microorganisms. Using sensing devices, we will be able to
analyse simultaneously outer environment and inner conditions in bacteria colony.
ARNEMS will be equipped with:
• fully automatic r reconnaissance robotic systems for exploring of a plant surface and
carrying additional equipments,
• the robotic system enables wireless data transfer and telepresentation based user
interface,
• chemical and biochemical analyser based on electrochemical lab-on-chip techniques,
• dock for bacteria and their cultivation medium.
ARNEMS will enable to us!
• ability to detect living species,
• ability to analyze water,
• ability to detect desired gases,
• to maintain and monitor conditions for cultivation of bacteria.
3. NOWADAYS TECHNOLOGIES - PHOENIX
Phoenix was a robotic spacecraft on a space exploration mission on Mars under the
Mars Scout Program. The Phoenix lander descended on Mars on May 25, 2008. Mission
scientists used instruments aboard the lander to search for environments suitable for
microbial life on Mars, and to research the history of water there. The multi-agency
program was headed by the Lunar and Planetary Laboratory at the University of Arizona,
under the direction of NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory. The program was a partnership
of universities in the United States, Canada, Switzerland, Denmark, Germany, the United
Kingdom, NASA, the Canadian Space Agency, the Finnish Meteorological Institute,
Lockheed Martin Space Systems, MacDonald Dettwiler & Associates (MDA) and other
aerospace companies. It was the first mission to Mars led by a public university in NASA
history. The mission underscored the value of university-led management. It was led
directly from the University of Arizona's campus in Tucson, with project management at
the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, Calif., and project development at Lockheed
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