L.E.G.A.
"My rover L.E.G.A.(Lunar Exploration Gardening Assistant) would have a very important role in daily gardening on the Moon. It would work in a greenhouse and tend to all of the plants grown there. L.E.G.A is mainly made of titanium, aluminum alloy and it moves around on large wheels. It has a proximity sensor which makes sure it doesn't crash into anything. It also assists the robot in knowing where to cut, harvest, and water the plants. L.E.G.A has a camera which allows astronauts and people on Earth to check the robots progress in the greenhouse.
L.E.G.A has many features that would make gardening a lot easier for it to accomplish. It has extendable arms and an extendable neck, which will make it easier for it to reach plants located higher and lower on the shelves in the green house. It has a claw used to harvest plants such as berries, peppers, and tomatoes, foods that you would have to pluck to harvest. It also has shears which will be used to tend to and trim the plants.
It has a moisture sensor used to test the moisture in the plants roots and leaves so the robot knows when to refill the water. When this sensor doesn't sense enough moisture it sends a signal to the watering system which then waters the plants. The plants will be grown using hydroponics, which is a gardening method that doesn’t use soil. Hydroponics can use up to 10 times less water than traditional watering methods, so it would conserve the water on the moon. L.E.G.A can also tell when the plants need to be harvested using the proximity sensor. When the plants reach a certain height or size appropriate for their species, the sensors send a signal to the claw, which will go harvest the plants. The rover then brings the food to a fridge or a cold cellar, where the astronauts can go to get their fresh fruits and vegetables."