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July 2nd, 2025
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China’s Moon exploration program may utilize specialized robots to explore lunar caves.
The country has officially completed its first teaching and practice base for the “simulated Moon underground space” program.
Research activities were carried out on June 25 at Jingbo Lake in Mudanjiang City of northeast China’s Heilongjiang Province.
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Autonomous exploration
“The underground volcanic lava pipes by Jingbo Lake are the most similar environment on Earth to the underground space of the Moon,” says Li Jiaqi, a researcher at Peking University.
Inside the lava cave, two robots were engaged in autonomous exploration and multi-functional operations, adds Li Xianglong, a doctoral student at the Harbin Institute of Technology.
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Decision-making capabilities
Compared with traditional lunar roving vehicles and exploration robots, the devices reportedly have stronger environmental adaptability and flexibility and have more precise perception, decision-making and operation capabilities.
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Kang Yi, a Peking University undergraduate student at the School of Earth and Space Sciences, points out that the data collected in deploying a seismometer will serve as a reference for China’s future deployment of seismometers on the Moon.
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