Moon Diggers

30 minute competition conditions run

alex.gutierrez — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 15:13:25 +0000

Just about 72 hours to go before the start of the competition. Here is our robot performing a complete 30 minute run in competition conditions (operator isolation, delay, and boulders) at 8X speed. Looking forward to seeing other teams this weekend!

Episode on Lunar Regolith Digging

admin — Thu, 20 Aug 2009 01:10:58 +0000

Here is a video on lunar regolith development by NASA, worth a look if you are interested in the long term impact of this work.

Intro to our Robot

admin — Thu, 20 Aug 2009 00:56:24 +0000

Here is a summary video of how our robot works, and some of the individuals working on the team:

First 30 minute run

admin — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 02:56:25 +0000

Here is Sandra performing her first 30 minute duration test under computer control tele-op.

First Excavation Cycle

admin — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 23:54:07 +0000

This is the first run of our robot via Radio Control. Note a complete cycle was completed in just about 1 min.