Faron Lunar Regolith Excavator

The Faron Lunar Regolith Excavator is a rover designed to be deployed simultaneously with multiple other Faron excavator rovers to increase excavation rates and add redundancy. Faron possesses a scoop that moves on a single axis -20deg relative to the ground, so moving the scoop with a single motor moves it both forward and down (or backwards and up), simplifying the design and reducing the moving parts that can fail from dust buildup. It can also tilt the scoop +-20deg from horizontal to help secure the lunar regolith. All moving parts would be covered by fine mesh and/or cloth to protect it from lunar regolith. Solar panels would be mounted on the sides to get the most power at the south pole, where the sun is low in the lunar sky. (Designed in Fusion360, Cover image made in Blender.)