Robot Geologist

​By a staff reporter :



NASA's Perseverance rover has the task of a "robot geologist" on the Red Planet's surface. While it tracks the region for geological discoveries, its final task is to let researchers on Earth get samples of the geological specimens. For this, the rover studies the rocks around it to understand the processes that may have formed the area as it is today. However, the exterior of a rock can be misleading because the planet's surface causes dramatic changes to its appearance. The rover's abrasion tool helps the rover drill through the outer layer to reach the interior original features of a rock. As per a report by NASA, researchers cherish to look at these unaltered features through the rover's camera before deciding whether to collect a core sample or not. More often than not, these unaltered interiors of rock give vital information about the planet's history.