The finest fraction of the lunar regolith, namely the lunar dust, poses a challenge for hardware design and lunar operations. The Apollo missions experienced equipment malfunctions and failures due to dust interactions with hardware. In this work we focus on the problems related to the clogging of rigid body mechanisms. We explain the causes of the problem and propose a solution consisting of replacing traditional mechanisms with compliant mechanisms. There are multiple methods for synthesizing compliant mechanisms, but two approaches are most commonly used: analytical design and topology optimization. In this paper using a compliant gripper as an example, the suitability of these methods to design compliant mechanisms used in extra-vehicular activities is investigated. In doing so, the feasibility of using complaint mechanisms in the lunar equipment as part of dust mitigation strategies for surface projects is also demonstrated.

月球风化层中最细小的部分，即月球尘埃，对硬件设计和月球操作提出了挑战。由于灰尘与硬件相互作用，阿波罗任务经历了设备故障和故障。在这项工作中，我们关注与刚体机制堵塞相关的问题。我们解释了问题的原因并提出了一个解决方案，包括用兼容机制替换传统机制。有多种方法可以合成兼容机制，但最常用的有两种方法：分析设计和拓扑优化。在本文中，以顺应性夹持器为例，研究了这些方法在设计用于舱外活动的顺应性机制方面的适用性。在这样做，