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This smart rover hunts for minerals critical to the energy transition

NOMAD is a semi-autonomous soil sampling robot designed to explore complex terrains and find elements needed in technologies critical to the energy transition such as batteries, solar panels and wind turbines. It was developed by Eurasian Resources Group (ERG) and based on Mars rover technology.

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