Caltech rover team wins second place in Robo-Ops Competition
Tuesday, June 26, 2012 - 07:20
in Astronomy & Space
After designing and building a four-wheeled remotely controlled rover, a team of Caltech students came away with second place in the RASC-AL Exploration Robo-Ops Competition at NASA's Johnson Space Center earlier this month. Despite a weather delay and some wayward sand, the robot operated as designed and managed to traverse different slopes and types of terrain in Johnsons Rock Yard, picking up four rock targets and an "alien" during the one-hour roving portion of the competition.