Thomas Howard – UR Robotics Club Faculty Advisor

UR Lunabotics is a brand-new competitive team with the goal of competing and succeeding in the NASA Lunabotics competition. Lunabotics is an international, university-based competition being run and sponsored by NASA. Teams typically develop one large robot (1.0m x 0.75m x 0.75m). This robot will compete by performing various autonomous and controlled tasks to gather points on a simulated lunar surface. Our goal is to compete this year in-person at NASA Kennedy Space Center using a fully autonomous robot. Lunabotics is open to all members regardless of skill level.

In early April, the team filmed our proof of life and submitted it to NASA, a video showcasing our culmination of the past school year building our newest Lunabotics rover MELBOT V3. The video can be watched here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RfxS5y6g5Ng