New AI Robot could make oxygen from ice on Mars

Researchers from the University of Science and Technology of China (USTC) may have made a breakthrough discovery that could make long-term colonization of planets like Mars possible. Using a specially designed artificial intelligence (AI) “chemist,” they have found a way to rapidly prototype and synthesize oxygen evolution reaction (OER) catalysts that could be used to generate free oxygen from ice deposits on the Red Planet. The new process could also complete the work in situ on Mars without human intervention and reduce the need for Earth-supplied resources.

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