05.06.2013 change 05.06.2013

NASA awarded Warsaw University of Technology students for ... perseverence

NASA awarded the "Perseverence Award" to students of Warsaw University of Technology, who participated in the competitionm for designers of lunar robotic miners. Their robot Husar was lost in transport to the competition, so they had to prepare a new robot.

The Lunabotics Mining Competition organised by NASA is a competition for students of technical universities. The task is to build a lunar robotic miner that will excavate and carry to the designated place a minimum of 10 kilograms of lunar soil within 10 minutes.

In this year\'s edition, grand prize, the Joe Kosmo Award for Excellence went to the team LunaCY fropm Iowa State University (U.S.). The team of students from Warsaw University of Technology, the only team from Europe that qualified for the competition which the robot Husar, received the "Perseverence Award ".

All because their robot Husar did not make it to the competition. It travelled to the Kennedy Space Center in Florida in two parcels. Unfortunately, the courier company lost one of the parcels. Students were left only with the digging system and equipment brought from Poland in their luggage.

They decided to stay in the competition and build a new robot to compete with other vehicles. The entire electronic system, however, had to be built from scratch. They also organized a competition for the name of the new robot for other teams participating in the competition. Finally, the robot was named "White Eagle".

Hastily constructed robot successfully passed the test with the judges and entered the arena. However, after the start of the run, problems with the power supply started. Ultimately, it failed to complete to run.

However, the competition judges noted a week of hard work, and awarded the special prize. "During the ceremony we had a huge ovation. Everyone congratulated us on being able to start and building a robot from scratch, during the competition" - wrote students on their Facebook page.

After packing the "White Eagle", part of the team returns to Poland. Several members of the team remain in the United States and search for the missing package with Husar.

In addition to the U.S. teams, competitors included students from Australia, Bangladesh, Canada, Colombia, India, Mexico and Tunisia. The competition took place at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida, in the building that simulates lunar surface.

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