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Please click here to download a 540MB file of b-roll video in uncompressed 1080p format for use in video reports about the project.

The scene list for the video:

0:00 – Second Prototype (P2) moving through a slag heap near Pittsburgh, PA

0:05 - Close up of wheels and the covered chain driven by motor in the body of P2

0:10 – Computer design for initial metal wheel

0:15 – Initial wheel design machined from solid aluminum block to eliminate weld weaknesses

0:20 – Drive mechanism and wheel being tested in fine sand to simulate lunar soil at Robot City in Pittsburgh. They are mounted on a counter-weighted boom to simulate the Moon’s one-sixth gravity.

0:33 – P2 motor, drive mechanism and wheels are able to surmount obstacles of six inches.

0:40 – The rover will descend on a triangular landing platform, shown here as if it had landed on a large rock imparting a significant tilt. The rover can pivot around the center ring to exit in any of three directions to avoid obstacles.

0:51 – Advanced lithium-iron batteries are planned to supplement solar cells for peak power draws.

0:57 – Students and staff prepare mission control documents for the spring testing season.

1:02 – The team has fabricated test versions of advanced composite structures able to draw heat away from sensitive areas and radiate it out into space, while weighing much less than metal structures.

1:13 – P2 being prepared for mobility tests at a slag heap near Pittsburgh.

1:23 – P2’s dual cameras provide a stereo (3D) view of the terrain in front of it. Developers here wear Crystal Eye goggles that allow them to see the combined images.

1:30 – P2 moving through the slag heap.

1:41 – Close-up on P2’s dual cameras for stereo video.

1:51 – P2 moving through the high bay at Carnegie Mellon University’s Field Robotics Center.

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