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My Lunabot, named Athena, in its traveling form, looks like a 3x2x2 foot box. However, when folded out it looks like two triangles connected at the top. The wheels also fold out; and the battery pack gets charged every two days when it goes back to the moon basw to charge and get cleaned. It has a collapsible tube that ends in Mole-like claws that can loosen the dirt and pick it up. A vacuum sucks the dirt through the tube and into a collapsible storage container. The collapsible tube, when in traveling form, folds into the storage container to save space.The storage container is made of rubber and can fold out and be cleaned. The two triangles snap together to travel but if they pull together but do not click, it releases and can jump into and out of craters.