Team 11
Revolutionary Aerospace Systems Concepts Academic Linkage
Center for Intelligent Systems, Control, and Robotics
MISUMI Automation
Florida Space Grant Consortium
Scansorial and Terrestrial Robotics and Integrated Design Lab
Progressive Automation
SolidWorks
The 2013 RASC-AL Robo-Ops competion will take place at the Johnson Space Center Rock Yard in June 2013. Up to 8 selected teams will go head to head in wirelessly controlling their robots to navigate simulated lunar and martian surfaces and to collect as many of the 30 rock samples strew across the course as possible in a 1 hour window.
Teams will also be required to engage the public in the progress of their rover development, and to promote interest in space exploration.
The Johnson Space Center Rock Yard inculdes "Mars Hill", a 33% grade that all competition robots must descend and climb.