Strategy

Our strategy prior to landing is to place our robot at the hold of the rocket so we do not add any extra weight on the body of the rocket and do not increase drag due to the shape of the rocket. In addition, the spacecraft will have reverse rockets to guarantee a safe land on the surface of Moon. Since we chose the survive challenge, our robot have to stay on the moon for a night, which is 14.5 days on the earth [1].We need to keep our robot’s system functioning during the time period. We will use the temperature sensors to search for the warmest environment for the robot to stay and survive [6]. Because the temperature of the moon will continue to change, the robot will constantly search for the warmest place. There will be a set value for warm, so when the robot senses the temperature, it will know that it reached the warmest area. For each period of thirty minutes, the robot will use its temperature sensor to measure the temperature. Before the robot reaches the area, it will use the energy from the energy sources which is described in the later paragraph. After the robot reaches the warmest area, all of the functions of the robot other than the brain and the temperature sensor will shut down to conserve energy.