Planetary Systems

Over the past two decades, robotic planetary exploration has generated amazing quantities of knowledge about our neighbors in the Solar System.  Geotechnical analysis – physically sampling and measuring rocks and surface regolith – is one of the most valuable approaches to studying and understanding these celestial bodies.

Now, the growing sophistication of robotics is enabling new approaches to resource utilization in space. A crucial step in supporting human exploration is the ability to harvest resources such as water from deposits on the Moon, Mars or asteroids.

Honeybee Robotics has amassed unrivaled expertise in geotechnical analysis in space for sample analysis, autonomous drilling, sample acquisition and processing, and in-situ resource utilization.

Planetary technologies Honeybee has developed include:

• Excavation systems
• Surface regime geotechnical drills
• 1-2 meter-deep exploration and sample collection drills
• Deep subsurface drills
• Sample processing
• Geotechnical systems
• Sensors and instruments

PDF Datasheet: A Decade of Sample Acquisition, Processing, Drilling and Mining Systems