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The Alabama Astrobotics Lab welcomes visitors during the perspective student tours of the College of Engineering. Each student that visits the lab is encouraged to place a blue sticker on the map posted in the to indicate their hometown. The map shows the wide array of visitors the lab receives, along with the team members' hometowns marked with red stickers.
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Two female members of the Alabama Astrobotics team met virtually with Woodland Forrest Elementary School as a part of the school's unit on Women in STEM. These virtual visits were mostly informal talks where the team members shared their experiences in college and on the Team and encouraged the next generation of students to follow paths in the STEM field.
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Let's Learn! with Alabama Astrobotics is a video series where members of the team create videos on a fun educational topic. Learn about a variety of topics including LED lights powered by a Raspberry Pi, 3D cone modeling, lithophanes, and the physics of rockets. Check out the videos on our YouTube Channel.
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The Space Information Series was created to teach elementary age children about Space exploration and various space missions such as Apollo and Artemis. Arcadia Elementary school invited Alabama Astrobotics to present this series in their 4th and 5th grade classes.
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The Alabama Astrobotics team has made many connections to the Space Industry through years of RMC competitions. We have had the privilege to welcome four incredible speakers to talk to our team about their work in the industry. These speakers have been Steve Cook of Dynetics Technical Solutions, Robert Lightfoot of Lockheed Martin, Tory Bruno of United Launch Alliance, and Phil Metzger of the University of Central Florida. Each speaker's visit with the team was recorded and can be viewed on our YouTube Channel. Thank you to all our guest speakers!
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The Alabama Astrobotics Team held two Computer Aided Drawing (CAD) Tutorials with Warriors Robotics, a Tuscaloosa BEST robotics team. These tutorials featured drawing concepts in CAD to assist the Warriors Robotics team in their design and build for the BEST competition.
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Image Source: Warriors Robotics Facebook Page
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Each year, The University of Alabama holds the event Space Days to encourage innovation and development of research of space on campus. Alabama Astrobotics held a virtual booth at Space Days to talk to companies interested in the team's development of mining and autonomous technologies. Hear from Admin Team members Lara Kremer, Matthew Petry, Benjamin Floyd, and Gregory Shipowitz as they talk about the team on our YouTube Channel.
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Students and teachers at the Military Magnet Academy in North Charleston, South Carolina were in need of surgical mask extenders when classes resumed in-person in the Fall 2020 semester. Calvin Booth, Mechanical Team Lead, dedicated his time to designing and 3D printing custom mask extenders for the elementary school.
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