ROBOTIC MINING COMPETITION Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex, Florida May 18 22, 2015
ROBOTS vs. HUMANS Mars voyage is an 8 10 month voyage & radiation shower Space Weather, Galactic Cosmic Rays (GCR), Solar Energetic Particles (SEP) Air, Water, Food, Shelter Abrasive Regolith Temperature, Variable / Reduced Gravity Mining Hazards, Work Hours Morale, Mental Health, Return to Earth
https://www.youtube.com/ watch?v=l53u_-22sxu
Fuel Shelter Air Water
Heating the regolith to just its melting point (1350 C) makes it stick together
WHO CAN COMPETE Undergraduate and graduate student teams enrolled in a U.S. college or university. Teams should have a sufficient number of members to successfully operate their mining robot.
WHAT IS A MINING ROBOT? It is a remote-operated or autonomous robotic excavator Include mechanical and electrical equipment, batteries, gases, fluids and consumables Robot can separate (think Swarmies / Ants - mass & dimensions of the whole system must comply with the volumetric dimensions as a single robotic mining system
WHAT IS A MINING ROBOT? Maximum Mass 80 kilograms Maximum Dimensions Length 1.5 meters, Width 0.75 meter, Height 0.75 meter May deploy or extend beyond the footprint above, but not exceed 1.5 meters in height & volumetric mass listed above
ROBOTIC COMPETITION MINING CHALLENGES Traverse Martian chaotic terrain, excavate, return and deposit the regolith into the collector bin within 10 minutes and autonomy dust tolerance & projection be the most effective at: communications & energy/power vehicle mass and size limitations abrasive basaltic regolith simulant
THE COMPETITION REQUIRED ON-SITE MINING SYSTEMS ENGINEERING PAPER OUTREACH PROJECTT OPTIONAL SLIDE PRESENTATION TEAM SPIRIT REQUIRED + OPTIONAL THE JOE KOSMO AWARD FOR EXCELLENCE
THE AWARDS ON-SITE MINING - $3,000, $2,000, $1,000 & Launch Invitations SYSTEMS ENGINEERING PAPER - $500 OUTREACH PROJECT- $500 SLIDE PRESENTATION - $500 TEAM SPIRIT - $500 JUDGE S INNOVATION - Trophy
THE AWARDS EFFICIENT USE OF COMMUNICATIONS and POWER - Trophy THE CATERPILLAR AUTONOMY AWARD - $1,500, $750, $250 Awarded to teams who have earned the first, second and third most Autonomous Operation points averaged from both attempts.
THE AWARDS THE JOE KOSMO AWARD FOR EXCELLENCE The teams that can use telerobotic or autonomous operation to excavate the basaltic regolith simulant, Black Point-1 and score the most points wins the Joe Kosmo Award for Excellence. KSC Launch Invitations Team Plaques Team Trophy $5,000
TEAM FUNDING Estimate $20,000 for materials, testing, shipping, travel, etc. Teams are encouraged to request funds from: Private Industry, Colleges, Universities, Engineering Associations Crowdfunding (ex: Kickstarter, Companisto, Indiegogo, FundAnything, Brainpool, etc.)
COLLEGE RECRUITMENT FAIR High School Sophmors, Juniors & Seniors Seventeen (17) Colleges & Universities Over Two-Hundred (200) Students Attended Ten (10) Students Won $500 Scholarships
COLLEGE RECRUITMENT FAIR The disciplines represented by the NASA KSC Subject Matter Experts Aerospace Chemical Engineering Civil Engineering Computer Engineering Electrical Engineering Industrial Engineering Information Technology Life Sciences (Biology) Mechanical Engineering Robotic Engineering Structural Engineering
COLLEGE RECRUITMENT FAIR Bethune-Cookman University Daytona State College Eastern Florida State College Embry Riddle Aeronautical University Florida Agricultural & Mechanical University Florida Institute of Technology Florida Polytechnic University Florida Space Grant Consortium Florida Tech
COLLEGE RECRUITMENT FAIR Georgia Institute of Technology KSC Pathways Program South Dakota School of Mines & Technology University of Akron University of Alabama University of Central Florida University of South Florida West Virginia University
COMPETITORS FOR 2015 53 - Teams 28 - States & Commonwealth of Puerto Rico 14 - Minority Serving Institutions (MSI s) (26%) 2-2-Year Community Colleges 2 - Commonwealth of Puerto Rico 1 - Alaska Four-9 1 - Hawaii Five-0
THE MSI s Asian American Native American Pacific Islander Serving Institution American Indian Alaska Native Serving Institution Historically Black Colleges and Universities Hispanic Serving Institution Predominately Black Institutions AANAPISI AIANSI HBCU HSI PBI School MSI State SG Region College of DuPage AANAPISI IL GMW Oakton Community College AANAPISI IL GMW University of Illinois at Chicago AANAPISI IL GMW New York University AANAPISI NY NE University of Hawaii - Hilo AANAPISI HI W University of Arkansas AIANSI AR SE University of Alaska Fairbanks AIANSI AK W Virginia State University HBCU VA MA Florida International University HSI FL SE Inter American University of Puerto Rico HSI PR SE Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico HSI PR SE Texas A&M Corpus Chisti HSI TX W Texas A&M International University HSI TX W York College CUNY PBI NY NE
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Rich Johanboeke RICHARD.M.JOHANBOEKE@NASA.GOV Project Manager Bethanne Hull BETHANNE.HULL@NASA.GOV Project Coordinator Gloria Murphy Project Consultant Emeritus
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THE TEAMS University of Alaska Fairbanks Auburn University The University of Alabama University of South Alabama John Brown University University of Arkansas Colorado School of Mines Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University Florida Institute of Technology Florida International University University of Central Florida University of Florida University of Miami University of North Florida
THE TEAMS University of Hawaii - Hilo Iowa State University University of Iowa College of DuPage Oakton Community College University of Illinois at Chicago University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Purdue University Merrimack College University of Michigan Missouri University of Science and Technology Washington University in St. Louis
THE TEAMS Mississippi State University Montana State University Montana Tech The University of North Carolina at Charlotte University of North Dakota University of Nebraska - Lincoln University of New Hampshire New York University York College CUNY Case Western Reserve University Kent State University The University of Akron Wright State University University of Portland
THE TEAMS Temple University Inter American University of Puerto Rico Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico South Dakota School of Mines and Technology Texas A&M International University Texas A&M Corpus Christi University of North Texas University of Utah University of Virginia Virginia State University Virginia Tech University of Vermont CEMS Milwaukee School of Engineering
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