The Lunabotics Artemis Student Challenge is held at the Astronauts Memorial Foundation’s (AMF) Center for Space Education (CSE) Building (M6-306) at the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex
(KSCVC). Inside the CSE there are three activity areas, the RoboPits, the Artemis Arenas and Mission
Control.
This is an Artemis Student Challenge designed to educate college students in the application of the
NASA Systems Engineering process. Participating teams will use this process to design and construct
a prototype robot that demonstrates the technologies required for a sustainable human presence on
the Moon and other off-world locations. Competition rules evolve each year to account for NASA
mission objectives and advances in commercially available technology. The competition allows NASA
to gather and evaluate design and operational data for future robotic excavators and builders.
Some of the deliverables of this challenge include a Project Management Plan, Public Outreach
Report, Presentation and Demonstration, and a Systems Engineering Paper. The complexities the
robots will have to master are the abrasive characteristics of the regolith simulants, the resources
required to excavate and construct, the weight and size limitations of the Lunar robot and the ability
to operate by remote control (tele-operate) or through autonomous operations. The commercial cost
of delivering payloads to the Moon is about $1.2 Million per kg which corresponds to an approximate
mission cost of $72 Million. This competition aims to simulate a Lunar mission where a robot is
delivered to the Moon.
NASA directly benefits from this competition by annually assessing student designs and data the same
way it does for its own, less frequent, prototypes. Encouraging innovation in student designs increases
the potential of identifying clever solutions to the many challenges inherent in future Artemis missions.
Advances for off-world mining and construction offer new possibilities for the same activities here on
Earth, expanding the benefits beyond NASA alone. The skills developed participating in LUNABOTICS
apply to other high technology industries that rely on Systems Engineering principles, helping to create
a workforce posed to lead a new space-based economy and add to the economic strength of our
country.
Inizio: 23-24/05/2022
Fine: 26-27/05/2022
Sito web: https://www.nasa.gov/content/lunabotics-information
Email: [email protected]
Mappa: The Astronauts Memorial Foundations Center for Space Education Building (M6-306)
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