This story is courtesy of the ISU News Service. AMES, Iowa – It’s a brand new mission for the student-engineers of Cyclone Space Mining. Instead of going after the dusty, gritty top layer of simulated Martian soil in a NASA arena, the space miners need their robot to dig deeper and harvest chunks of buried …Continue reading “Cyclone Space Mining launches new concept for NASA’s Robotic Mining Competition”
The results are in and Cyclone Space Mining finished second overall at NASA’s 2017 Robotic Mining Competition. The team from Iowa State University finished with a score of 70.6 out of 100 points. The team performed especially well in the Outreach category – where they scored 19.5 out of 20 – as well as the Social …Continue reading “Cyclone Space Mining finishes 2nd overall at NASA’s 2017 Robotic Mining Competition”
Iowa State University’s Cyclone Space Mining team nabbed two second-place finishes at the 8th annual NASA Robotics Mining Competition last week in Florida. The team took second place in the categories of “Social Media and Public Engagement” and “Project Outreach.” The Social Media and Public Engagement category is “[a]warded to the teams that uses various …Continue reading “Cyclone Space Mining nabs two second-place finishes at NASA Robotic Mining Competition”
A disappointing first round in the mining arena kept Cyclone Space Mining from defending its NASA title. But, the team still made its presence known at the NASA Robotic Mining Competition at Florida’s Kennedy Space Center. The Iowa Staters will forever be the contest’s first team to successfully run a fully autonomous mining robot. The result …Continue reading “Cyclone Space Mining invited to first “World Cup” of robotic space mining”
Guest post by Katie Goebel, project director for Iowa State’s Team LunaCY It’s always worth the drive. Twenty some hours in one of two vans full of goofy college kids and an even goofier advisor on a trip to Florida already sounds like the beginning to an interesting story. The story gets even better when one …Continue reading “Guest post: Team LunaCY’s recipe for success: Dedication and fun”
Not only did Iowa State’s Team LunaCY succeed in building a better robot and making a good showing at this year’s NASA Lunabotics Mining Competition, it also brought home three awards and the first place title. The Lunabotics Club won the Joe Kosmo Award for Excellence, first place in on-site mining and third place in …Continue reading “Team LunaCY wins NASA competition”
The ISU Lunabotics Mining Team just finished first place at the 2013 NASA Lunabotics Mining Competition at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida from May 20-24. Below are videos from the team. “Harlem Shake” video Video of HERMES competition run NASA EDGE videos of the entire competition Visit the team on Facebook for more. The …Continue reading “Watch the latest fun videos from student clubs!”
The student-engineers of Team LunaCY say they’ve built an even better robot. That’s a big deal, considering last year’s robot won three of the contests in NASA’s annual Lunabotics Mining Competition at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida. (The wins were in mining, outreach and efficient use of communications power.) Team members were recently in their campus lab assembling, …Continue reading “Iowa State’s Team LunaCY ready to repeat last year’s top results at NASA competition”
After leaving NASA’s annual Lunabotics Mining Competition empty handed the past two years, Iowa State team members were determined to stand out at this year’s contest. Armed with a new design, Team LunaCY did that and more, earning first place in the categories of on-site mining, outreach, and communications with their robot, ART-E III. Members …Continue reading “Lunabotics club mines success in NASA competition”
Iowa State University’s Team LunaCY will compete in NASA’s Lunabotics Mining Competition May 21-26. This year’s student-designed and student-built robot is lighter and more efficient than past efforts. The goal is to mine and deposit at least 10 kilograms of simulated moon soil within 10 minutes. Read the full story.
By Rick Hanton, Iowa State Lunabotics Team member and Chairman of SEDS-USA On May 21, 2011, a group of 14 Iowa State students and their advisor began a 1,400 mile journey from Ames, Iowa, to the Space Coast in Florida. The group, known as Team LunaCY, had just finished designing and building a 175 pound …Continue reading “LunaCY member shares team’s experience at NASA Lunabotics competition”
By Rick Hanton, Iowa State Lunabotics Team member and Chairman of SEDS-USA On May 21, 2011, two 15-passenger vans trekked 1,400 miles across country from Ames, Iowa, to the Space Coast in Florida. It was a long 26-hour drive for the team of engineers from Iowa State University who had been tirelessly preparing for …Continue reading “Team LunaCY learns from second year of competition, impresses judges with design”
Iowa State’s Lunabotics Mining team is at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida for the 2nd Annual NASA Lunabotics Mining Competition. This morning, May 26, Team LunaCY gave its systems presentation at the NASA Kennedy Space Center Visitors Center. At 1 p.m. EDT today, they will begin competing in challenges that continue through May 28. …Continue reading “Lunabotics Mining team competes at Kennedy Space Center”
(Update: Watch video of the competition.) It doesn’t stack cubes of trash or watch old movie musicals. And it’s never going to develop a crush on some sleek and sexy EVE. But WALL-E’s real-world cousin may one day mine minerals on the moon’s surface—a critical function in establishing the first permanent lunar colonies. Meet the Astro Robotic …Continue reading “Moon Shot: Student Team Takes Robot to NASA Lunar Mining Competition”
