IMPULS

2019

100

• They have some sort of vacuum system to get the dirt

• turn table for test tubes

• Cam system with syringes to store reagents

• looks like weldment frame for the system

Michigan Mars Rover Team

2019

100

• look at the microscope they use, looks very easy to integrate

• they also have their own spectrometer..

• 3 axis positioner for microscope and spectrometer

• drill and vacuum system to collect soil samples (looks complicated)

RUDRA

2019

100

• Auger attached to arm

• They also have a spectrometer and use the exact same microscope

SKA

2019

92

• funny looking drill

• genius method for transferring reagents: each time the dirt is drilled it transfers it equally to 4 containers and then the 4 test tubes can be filled at the same time. with one cam

• uses camera to record results

• also have a spectrometer

Missouri

2019

91

• 3 axis (diffraction something) spectrometer

• florescence also used

ITU

2019

91

• They also have a spectrometer (NAR)

• they use 4 separate augers to prevent cross contamination

Cornell Mars Rover

2019

90

• auger with conveyor system - looks fucking complicated

• nice looking sample wheel, plastic container might be questionable

• genius way of shaking contents with cam wheel - (flocculation)

• they use a camera with color filters to analyze rock reflectance and thus determine mineral composition?