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W.H.A.I.V.
"The Water Heating Artificial Intelligence Vehicle or "W.H.A.I.V" is a rover made to collect the ice under the lunar surface. It uses data to know where to dig for ice. The vehicle then stores the ice and heats it into water and then brings it back to its base. The W.H.A.I.V uses an auger-like machine to dig into the lunar surface and smash up the ice. The rover has a pipe that comes down with the rover to make sure none of the ice is not collected and the tube closes itself at the bottom and brings it up into the machine where it’s heated to the point where the ice melts and the water can flow through a pipe and into the tank. The extra regolith the W.H.A.I.V picks up is dumped back out and the flaps at the bottom close so that it can move to a different location to dig. The W.H.A.I.V would be assigned an area to dig at and after it goes through its whole digging process, it moves a few meters forward and does the process again. The W.H.A.I.V would be powered by solar energy and would go back to its base if it got low on power. The W.H.A.I.V would use a temperature and pressure sensor to make sure the tank is heated enough and would use a proximity and optical sensor to let it know where it's going. It would have a frontal camera and a light to see when it’s done. It would have a mast with a NAV and 360° camera. It would also know how to get back to its base with a GPS system and an antenna for communication."