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Sample Return Robot Challenge Latest News

Team Survey successfully completes level one of the NASA 2013 Sample Return Robot Challenge.

Sample Return Robot Centennial Challenge Prize Awarded

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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A robot starts smoking during the NASA 2013 Sample Return Robot Challenge.

Red-Hot Robots: Sample Return Robot Challenge Continues

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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Mark Curry of Intrepid Systems from Lynnwood, Wash. monitors his robot in the practice field during the NASA 2013 Sample Return Robot Challenge.

Sample Return Robot Challenge Begins

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

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

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 $1.5 Million Robot Competition June 4-8, 2013

Autonomous robots will compete for a NASA prize of $1.5 million at Worcester Polytechnic Institute on June 4-8.

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    TouchTomorrow

    TouchTomorrow at WPI, featuring the NASA Sample Return Robot Centennial Challenge, will be an unprecedented educational and interactive event for New England.

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    Innovation Now

    "Innovation Now" is created by the National Institute of Aerospace in collaboration with NASA.

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    Worcester Polytechnic Institute

    NASA and the Worcester Polytechnic Institute are seeking teams to compete in a robot technology demonstration competition with a potential $1.5 million prize.

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    11.04.12 - NASA and Worcester Polytechnic Institute have opened registration and are seeking teams for the 2013 robot technology demonstration competition.

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