
10.08.09 - Hey guys! Check out our club - Come to one of our meetings or shoot us an email if you have any questions!
The head of the Robotic Hardware Systems Group at NASA's JPL in Pasadena, UCLA alum Allen Sirota, was kind enough to offer our club a behind-the-scenes tour of some of the projects going on at JPL. Some of the projects seen were the Mars Science Laboratory drilling arm, the MER Rover proving ground, and ATHLETE, NASA's proposed platform for future exploration of the Moon.
Larger (4’x4’) autonomous robot which navigates a 300’ outdoor course using GPS, image processing, and other sensors.
Remotely operated Mars Rover designed to complete a series of useful tasks under harsh and demanding conditions.
We hold software labs Thursday at 6pm and Sunday at 5pm.
Our mechanical group meets Tuesday 4pm for the Chassis group and Friday 5pm for the Arm group.
All meetings and labs are in Engineering I, room 3049.
For the latest schedules and news, join our Google Group UCLA Rover Challenge.
Here are a few pictures from the 2007 2nd Annual University Rover Challenge competition. This event was organized by the Mars Society and was held at their MDRS site outside of Hanksville, Utah.
contact us at ucla.robotics@gmail.com | robotics club at ucla 2009
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