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Sample Return Robot Centennial Challenge Prize Awarded
06.08.13 - Team Survey of Los Angeles was awarded $5,000 after successfully completing Level 1 of the NASA Sample Return Robot Challenge.
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Red-Hot Robots: Sample Return Robot Challenge Continues
06.06.13 - Robots continue their quest for a $1.5 million prize purse in NASA's Sample Return Robot Challenge in Worcester, Mass.
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Sample Return Robot Challenge Begins
06.05.13 - Robots are now rolling as they compete for a $1.5 million prize purse in NASA's Sample Return Robot Challenge in Worcester, Mass.
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Teams Prepare for NASA's $1.5 Million Robot Challenge
05.29.13 - Teams from across the country and around the globe will compete for $1.5 million during NASA's 2013 Sample Return Robot Challenge.
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NASA Social: Sample Return Robot →
05.15.13 - NASA and Worcester Polytechnic Institute hosted a NASA Social on June 7-8 during the NASA-WPI Sample Return Robot Challenge.
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NASA Announces Unmanned Airspace Operations Challenge
05.21.13 - The Unmanned Aircraft Systems Airspace Operations Challenge seeks technologies to improve UAS navigation and safe airspace operations.
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Registration Opens for Night Rover Challenge
04.04.13 - Registration is open for teams seeking to compete in the $1.5 million energy storage competition known as the Night Rover Challenge.
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NASA $1.5 Million Robot Competition June 4-8, 2013
01.28.13 - Autonomous robots will compete for a NASA prize of $1.5 million at Worcester Polytechnic Institute on June 4-8.
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NASA-WPI 2013 Robot Prize Competition Registration Open
10.25.12 - NASA and the Worcester Polytechnic Institute are seeking competitors for a 2013 robot technology demonstration for prize money up to $1.5 million.
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Robots, Rocks and Rovers Featured on NASA 360
08.31.12 - If you like rock stars -- of the roving, robotic variety -- here's your chance to see a NASA-sized competition that’s all about them.
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Sample Return Robot Return Challenge at WPI Concludes
06.16.12 - Autonomous robots roamed across the grassy terrain at Worcester Polytechnic Institute at the 2012 Sample Return Robot Challenge in Worcester, Mass.
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Robotics 101: NASA's Chris McQuin, Jaret Matthews
06.14.12 - Unlike what Hollywood may portray, the reality of current robotics isn't sinister, emotional or out for world domination.
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The Ultimate Scavenger Hunt
The Sample Return Robot Centennial Challenge simulates "the ultimate scavenger hunt," and teams across the country are stepping up to the challenge.
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The Next Challenge
From cordless power tools to flexible aerogel, companies, independent teams, and individual inventors have contributed to NASA's innovation.
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NASA EDGE: 2011 Green Flight Challenge
11.18.11 - NASA EDGE covers the Green Flight Challenge and witness an aviation first, true electric flight!
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NASA Awards Historic Green Aviation Prize
10.03.11 - NASA has awarded the largest prize in aviation history, inspiring more fuel-efficient aircraft and the start of a new electric airplane industry.
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Green Flight Challenge: The Need for Speed
09.30.11 - On the last day of the Green Flight Challenge, the aviation teams feel a need for speed.
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A Day for Recharging: Green Flight Challenge Continues
09.29.11 - Green Flight Challenge teams spent Day Three recharging their electric aircraft batteries in preparation for the Sept. 30 speed challenge.
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Like Birds in the Sky
09.28.11 - Planes competing in the Green Flight Challenge flew like birds to test the fuel efficiency of their aircraft.
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Teams Fly Over Competition Hurdles
09.27.11 - The Green Flight Challenge has taken off, and the competition is pushing the envelope in aviation technology.