The NASA Space Grant Robotics team is made up of undergraduate students that compete in yearly competitions to represent the engineering excellence of ASU. The team consists of Space Grant students, student volunteers, university mentors, and industry engineers to design, build, and operate a robot. Incoming freshman, who previously competed in robotics competitions from high schools, will be able to find a niche at ASU. Students with no prior experience have the opportunity to learn new skills and to explore an exciting field. Space Grant students will have the chance to improve their hands-on skills and to instill camaraderie with their peers. University professors will have the opportunity to work on a more personal level with students and engage in an exciting experience. Industry engineers will provide guidance while scanning for talented interns and future employees. Everyone wins! The team competes in competitions that challenge their knowledge and bring them new horizons and goals. Last year, the team place 2nd place at the National Underwater Robotics Competition in Chandler, Arizona with ROVina. The team also traveled to Houston, Texas to competed in the Marine Advanced Technology Education Competition. Currently, the team is preparing a new design for their ROV for the 2012 NURC and MATE competition as well as AUVSI, a fully autonomous underwater robot competition in San DIego, California. The team mainly focuses on underwater vehicle but they have also branched out land rovers with the project ROAR. This project, dubbed ROAR(Robot On A Rocket) was a collaboration between the Space Grant Robotics team and Daedalus Astronautics to launch a payload robot a mile high ang release it simulating an exploration mission.This year the team will be traveling to Orlando Florida to survey a sunken WWII ship and San Diego to autonomously 'kill Ceaser' a mission that involved object tracking, shape determination, and autonomously aim and shoot a torpedo at 'Ceaser'! For further information, please contact: Emily McBryan at ASU
