NASA RMC 2015 Cycle

The University of Alabama
NASA RMC 2015

Awards Recieved:
2015 NATIONAL CHAMPIONS
Overall: Joe Kosmo Award for Excellence
Caterpillar Award for Full Autonomy
1st in On-site Mining Award
1st in Slide Presentation and Demonstration Award
1st in Efficient Use of Communications Award
2nd in Outreach Project Report
2nd in Systems Engineering Paper

2015 NASA RMC Champions

The sixth annual NASA Robotic Mining Competition was held from May 17 to May 22 at Kennedy Space Center. Check out this awesome competition video from NASA for more information and footage!

2015 RMC Competition Photos

The 2015 NASA Robotic Mining Competition was very successful for the Alabama Astrobotics Team. We worked to improve our designs from the year before and optimize the best qualities in our 2015 robot. We competed with a robot that utilized the well-tested digger head much like the one in our 2014 design; however, the best new feature was our off-loading conveyor belt which was a first for our designs. We look forward to next cycle with even more ideas of what features to improve upon to find the optimal design for this project.