Built for where rescue is impossible
Below three kilometers, rock runs hot enough to cook electronics and ground support becomes a fight with the planet. DELVER is engineered for exactly that: a thermally shielded, self-advancing drill platform that bores, bolts, and samples with no human within the level.
Its multi-axis boom keeps the machine body clear of the face while the feed works, and every joint is rated for continuous operation at 85 °C ambient, with degraded-mode autonomy when comms drop through a kilometer of rock.
Underground stack
Phase-change cooling around the compute core buys hours of full operation in rock that would shut down conventional electronics.
When the tether drops, DELVER keeps drilling. Mission plans execute fully offline and sync when the mesh network returns.
Deep rock is a rehearsal for regolith. The same sealed drivetrain and drill feed carry forward into CERES.
Have a deposit no one can reach?
We're selecting two deep-ore partners for the 2029 DELVER deployment program.