COLDArm (Cold Operable Lunar Deployable Arm)

NASA’s COLDArm Operating on the Moon (Animation)

NASA's Cold Operable Lunar Deployable Arm (COLDArm) robotic arm system reaches out from a lander on the Moon and scoops…

NASA’s COLDArm in Thermal Vacuum Testing

Engineers and technicians prepare NASA's COLDArm robotic arm system for testing in a thermal vacuum chamber at the agency's Jet…

Close-Up on COLDArm’s Titanium 3D-Printed Scoop

The 3D-printed titanium scoop of the Cold Operable Lunar Deployable Arm (COLDArm) robotic arm system is poised above a test…

NASA’s COLDArm at Lunar Regolith Simulant Test Bed

NASA's COLDArm combines several new technologies that allow it to operate in temperatures as cold as minus 280 degrees Fahrenheit…

Testing NASA’s Cold Operable Lunar Deployable Arm (COLDArm)

A JPL engineer examines the 3D-printed titanium scoop of NASA's Cold Operable Lunar Deployable Arm (COLDArm) robotic arm system. The…

NASA Integrates Gear Motors for Robotic Arm on Future Lunar Missions

The Cold Operable Lunar Deployable Arm (COLDArm) project – led by NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Southern California – is…