SALAH One of the biggest obstacles to interstellar travel is humanity’s inability to breathe in space. Oxygen is essential for life, but it is not available in the same capacity as on Earth.
As space agencies and researchers aim for Mars exploration, the ability to provide oxygen for long journeys is critical. Scientists have speculated about life on the ‘Red Planet’ and see it as a possible secondary planet for human life.
Launch Slashgeara number of scientists from the University of Science and Technology of China in Hefei recently launched a study on chemist robots embedded with artificial intelligence/artificial intelligence (AI). The focus is to extract water from the Martian surface and convert it into oxygen.
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The robot created by these scientists will convert meteorites on Mars into breathable air. (Photo: Pexels/Pixabay)
According to one of the lead researchers, Jun Jiang, they have succeeded in developing an AI robotics system equipped with a chemical brain. “We believe that our machine can autonomously use compounds in Martian ore without requiring human guidance,” Jiang said, as quoted by slashgear.
Even so, there is still a major problem in producing oxygen on Mars, namely the limitation of working only with existing resources on the planet.
The robot created by these scientists will convert meteorites on Mars into breathable air. For robots chemist or chemical robots, this oxygen transformation is the beginning of the potential for further technology.
The study published in Nature Synthesis notes, “Using a machine learning model derived from first-principles data and experimental measurements, the method automatically and rapidly identifies the optimal catalyst formula from more than three million possible compositions.”
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Moxie is short for Mars Oxygen In-Situ Resource Utilization Experiment. (Photo: Pexels/Kindel Media)
According to the research results, chemical robots have succeeded in overcoming two crucial problems: the need for an unmanned synthesis system and the machine’s ability to understand the type of material being processed, making it possible to carry out the first action.
AI robot technology is an option to overcome the oxygen issue on Planet Mars. Michael Hecht, of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s Haystack Observatory in Westford, who was involved in the Mars Oxygen In-Situ Resource Utilization Experiment (MOXIE), noted that the robot was able to synthesize small amounts of oxygen from the Martian atmosphere.
Most of Mars’ atmosphere consists of carbon dioxide. Heckht stated that although production is currently limited, there is no reason to doubt that its capabilities cannot be increased in the future. (aqb)
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