Lunabotics NASA Competition

WPI's history with the Lunabotics competition is long and rich. It first started in 2009, and made history by winning first place and taking home $1 million!

This year we are completely redesigning and assembling a lunar robot to compete in Florida at the Kennedy Space Center. The robot collects and constructs berms of lunar regolith. We also have a goal to make all the systems far more organized and structured so next year's groups have no issue building upon our work.

Our current model was fortunate to inherit a rocker system for balanced control when navigating over berms or other uneven terrain. This year we plan on implementing an excavator mechanism, an improved drop chute to release our collected dust, and better robot navigation and automation.

We each have our own roles in the group. Christopher Adzima leads the group and keeps us on track with both NASA and WPI requirements. He was one of the handful of students who proposed the project. Every other person in the group had to be interviewed and accepted to work on it. One of our advisors, Prof. Stafford has been advising the Lunabotics team since the conception of the competition, including when WPI won 1st place. He provides us with technical advice, experience, and quality assurance.

As a group, we have high hopes that our robot will perform at a level comparable to some of WPI's most competitive years in the competition.