Four organisations have signed a Memorandum of Understanding to collaborate on a moon mining rover with a multipurpose robotics arm using virtual reality. It will be for “in situ resource utilization” (ISRU) activities on the Moon. The four are: ispace (including ispace Europe SA), Stardust Technologies, the University of Technology Sydney (UTS) and EXPLOR Space ...

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