RMC Senior Design Team

04/17/2014

2 hours before presentation.

03/26/2014

The team has finally begun building "Dusty", check out this photo of the frame. This piece is made of slotted 8020 aluminum. Kelly and Kevin I. are working on the command structure for the motors on the wheels, conveyor belt using an Xbox controller. Max and Didier are hard at work building the other mechanical components like custom composite wheels. Kevin C. is assembling the computer for "Dusty" to give it the thinking power it needs to win the competition. Look for more photos and updates as the Lunar Knights prepare the robot for the senior design showcase on April 18th!

02/06/2014

Don't forget to check out the Lunar Knights team website at http://lunaboticknights.weebly.com/. There you can learn about the team, and the robot! The Critical Design Review report was just added so you can see the systems that are going into our design.

The Lunabotics Mining Competition is an annual event hosted by NASA that challenges university level students to design, build, and test a fully autonomous robot to traverse and mine lunar regolith...

02/06/2014

The official team photo submitted to NASA

02/06/2014

If you want to see what the competition is like and what previous teams have done check out this video made by NASA Edge at the 2011 competition! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BSf63RhudDc

Subscribe for more NASA EDGE provides live coverage of the 2nd Annual Lunabotics Mining Competition at the NASA Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex. While k...

01/28/2014

Here is a video of the 2012 competition winners, Iowa State University in collaboration with Wartburg College. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K-axP5DuCU8

01/27/2014

Hello everyone and thank you for supporting the Lunar Knights, the first team to represent the University of Central Florida at NASA's Fifth Annual Robotic Mining Competition. The competition is from May 21-23, 2014 and will feature University teams from all over competing to be the best. The goal of this competition is to design and build an autonomous robot that will dig up, store, and deposit lunar regolith (A.K.A. BP-1) which simulates the Moon's actual surface material. This page in conjunction with our website will keep you updated on the team's progress and some fun facts. I have added a link to NASA's competition site so you can see what the competition is about. Look for some videos to posted soon, feel free to leave a comment, and be sure to share this page with all of your friends!
http://www.nasa.gov/offices/education/centers/kennedy/technology/lunabotics.html #.Uuah-BAo7q4

The Robotic Mining Competition is a U.S. competition challenging university student teams to design, build, and compete an excavator that can mine and deposit a minimum of 10 kg of simulant within ten minutes at Kennedy Space Center.