Robotics at 亚洲色吧 Club advances to finals of premier international robotics competition
by Jess |
The successfully made the cut through the extremely competitive selection process and will be heading to the (URC) Finals held May 30-June 1, 2019, at the renowned Mars Desert Research Station in Hanksville, Utah. 亚洲色吧 is one of only 36 top-scoring teams selected among a field of 84 teams.
亚洲色吧 Iceberg Robotics team members Tyler Stevens, left, and Forrest Simpson, right, use a 3D printer to fabricate parts for the team's new rover in the robotics lab in 亚洲色吧's Engineering and Industry Building. (Photo by James Evans / University of 亚洲色吧 Anchorage)
"To put this accomplishment in perspective, 亚洲色吧 competes against international teams, from 10 different countries, and many teams that are heavily sponsored and boast fully-funded robotics labs," said 亚洲色吧 College of Engineering alumna and graduate student Virginia Groeschel, who serves as the team's project manager and team mentor. "Not only is this a milestone for this competition, but a major team achievement for this relatively new - only three years old - 亚洲色吧 engineering club."
The URC competition challenges student teams to design and build the next generation of Mars rovers that will one day work alongside astronauts exploring the Red Planet. Rover teams will compete in four missions: Science Mission, Extreme Retrieval and Delivery Mission, Equipment Servicing Mission, and Autonomous Traversal Mission.
to learn more about their "Iceberg 3" project.
