Flexible Logistics and Exploration (FLEX) rover, Venturi Astrolab, Inc., Hawthorne, California, USA

Developed by a team of industry-leading planetary rover and robotics experts, Astrolab’s Flexible Logistics and Exploration (FLEX) rover is built to enhance Lunar and planetary mobility.

Astrolab’s FLEX rover unique commercial potential comes from its novel mobility system architecture, which gives it the ability to pick up and deposit modular payloads in support of robotic science, exploration, logistics, site survey/preparation, construction, resource utilization, and other activities critical to a sustained presence on the Moon and beyond. Built with adaptive utility in mind, FLEX can also serve as an unpressurized rover for a crew of two astronauts, in line with NASA’s Lunar Terrain Vehicle (LTV) requirements.

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FLEX's six degree-of-freedom, 2.4m long, robotic arm has a dust tolerant, swappable end effector. This gives FLEX the ability to extract payloads, instruments, and tools from a mezzanine onboard the rover.

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