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My robot’s name is Moonacuum it is a mix between the words moon and vacuum. My robot will move lunar soil with a vacuum type of mechanism. The robot pushes a metal or plastic tube into the ground then using the vacuum system it sucks up the lunar dust into a storage container where it then heads back to base. The tires have special grips, so the bot does not slip on the lunar dust. The bot is powered by rechargeable solar batteries. The bot has a high-powered sealed off motor so it can move fast, and the lunar dust does not clog it up. The bot has one camera on the front of it with mini wind shiels wipers so that the lunar dust does not clog its vision. The bot will be both autonomous and manual depending on the mission.