Intelligent Swarm Wide Area Asteroid Resource Mining

Develop an approach for characterizing the composition of asteroid for mining potential and a process for mining different compositions. Explore a possible division of labor involving different types of vehicles (e.g. sensor units, drilling units, power gathering and distribution, extracted resources handling and transferring). Consider solutions for moving said asteroids between different orbits and/or consequently make periodical adjustments to keep them in place. Analyze how your idea would cope in some of the given scenarios or outline a scheme of your own.

An asteroid detection, exploration, and mining concept integrating necessary technologies and components required to feasible extract valuable materials from Near Earth Asteroids. Focusing on utilizing swarms of robots on the asteroid in the exploration phase of the process to obtain valuable information regarding the composition and characteristics of asteroids.

Images, 3d models, animation software, various research sources and articles. GitHub repository supplied for the space apps challenge