Faculty News

Thomas Howard – UR Robotics Club Faculty Advisor

Published
April 23, 2024
Person looking at camera with ground robot device
Professor Thomas Howard, alongside MELBOT V3 in our Proof of Life for NASA

UR Lunabotics is a brand-new competitive team with the goal of competing and succeeding in the NASA Lunabotics competition. Lunabotics is an international, university-based competition being run and sponsored by NASA. Teams typically develop one large robot (1.0m x 0.75m x 0.75m). This robot will compete by performing various autonomous and controlled tasks to gather points on a simulated lunar surface. Our goal is to compete this year in-person at NASA Kennedy Space Center using a fully autonomous robot. Lunabotics is open to all members regardless of skill level.

In early April, the team filmed our proof of life and submitted it to NASA, a video showcasing our culmination of the past school year building our newest Lunabotics rover MELBOT V3. The video can be watched here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RfxS5y6g5Ng

 

Club members looking at camera as a group with robot