Because Mars is located in the settlement zone of the solar system, previous observations have confirmed that Mars has abundant water sources. Many countries have listed Mars as a key research object, hoping that Mars can become the second planet for human life. But the atmosphere of Mars is dominated by carbon dioxide. If there is no machine that can produce oxygen to supply oxygen to humans, humans will not be able to survive on Mars. Therefore, various countries are researching machines that can produce oxygen on Mars, so that the plan of human beings to colonize Mars can be taken a step further. The University of Science and Technology of China published an article on a robot chemist driven by AI artificial intelligence. It is expected that this robot can use compounds in Martian ores to generate oxygen without human guidance. The ultimate goal is to make this artificial intelligence Smart robotic chemists take water from Mars and convert it into oxygen.
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China develops AI-driven robot chemist to use ore to generate oxygen on Mars
The University of Science and Technology of China published in the journal Nature Synthesis that they developed aAI artificial intelligence robot system with chemical thinking, and believes that this machine can use compounds in Martian ores to generate oxygen without human guidance. This AI artificial intelligence robot system is a “robot chemist” driven by AI artificial intelligence. The ultimate goal is to use water on Mars to generate oxygen.
The difficulty in making oxygen on Mars is that it can only use the resources available on Mars to convert it into oxygen that can be breathed by humans. Therefore, an unmanned synthesis system and machines are needed to identify materials on Mars. China The “robot chemist” of the University of Science and Technology can fully meet these requirements. In the research publication, they pointed out that the machine learning model obtained by using “first-principles data” and “experimental measurements” can allow the robot chemist they developed to automatically and quickly move from Mars to Mars. The best catalyst recipe is identified among 3 million possible combinations.
In fact, as early as 2021, MIT, Haystack Observatory and NASA/Caltech Jet Propulsion Laboratory conducted the Mars Oxygen In-Situ Resource Utilization Experiment (MOXIE) to convert Mars carbon dioxide into a small amount of oxygen. It was also the first time that Use resources from other planets to generate oxygen at a time. Now there are robot chemists driven by AI that can use Martian ores to generate oxygen. It feels like humans are one step closer to Mars.
