Here is the most current design of the excavator. We’ve shifted from a bucket cache to a conveyor cache. The next design iteration will focus on either deployable containment walls or regolith transfer from top of bucket-wheel to conveyor. …Continue Reading Excavator Design
Past UP Robotics Team Competition Robots May 2011 May 2012 May 2013…Continue Reading Throwback Thursday!
We aren’t competing this year but we still encourage you to watch. You can watch it live from 8am to 5pm EST Here. The official website for the completion is Here….Continue Reading Watch the 2014 NASA Robotic Mining Competition
See our research poster: UP MARS Poster View our powerpoint: UP MARS Presentation In the Authorization Act of 2010, NASA outlined a goal to permanently expand human existence beyond low Earth orbit as well as lower the costs and complexities associated with it. Since then, the NASA sponsored Robotic Mining Competition (RMC) has encouraged university students from…Continue Reading The Project