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Hephaestus is a digging lunar robot that is solar powered. It will have two digging areas. The rear one will be dragged by the front one. When the rear digger is done, it will raise up to stop digging. The front digger will be like the digging part on a loader, except it will not dump it into a storage area, but a hole in the digger will directly transport the regolith to a storage area on the robot, on top of which there is a camera and batteries. In the very front of the robot, it will have headlights and a drill, to see in the dark, and to break up big stuff. The whole robot will be made of gold-titanium alloy, and will be coated with rubber (To help with lunar dust). The tires will be like those on the lunar rover, but with teeth, to grip better.