The University of Alabama’s Astrobotics Team will soon find out if it has what it takes to help NASA explore space. The team is gearing up for a competition at the Kennedy Space Center.
The team is putting the final touches on the robot they built that they are calling “MARTE.”
“It’s basically two robots in one, the top robot which excavates can separate from the bottom robot which drives and those both operate independently of one another and it’s a great feature for taking things to space,” said UA Senior, Kellen Schroeter. “On the software side of it, our robot competes completely autonomously so we press one button and it thinks for itself and takes care of the entire competition run without a driver and that’s a difficult thing to do,” added Schroeter. Sources: WBMA ABC 33/40, Alabama Public Radio