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Sample Return Robot Challenge Latest News

Teammates from the University of Waterloo, Canada, team work with their robot on the practice field at the Sample Return Robot Challenge.

Robots, Rocks and Rovers Featured on NASA 360

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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NASA and WPI Sample Return Robot Centennial Challenge teams, NASA management, and challenge organizers pose for a group photograph on Saturday, June 16, 2012.

Sample Return Robot Return Challenge at WPI Concludes

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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A University of Waterloo Robotics Team member tests their robot on the practice field two days prior to the NASA WPI Sample Return Robot Centennial Challenge.

Robotics 101: NASA's Chris McQuin, Jaret Matthews

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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NASA $1.5 Million Robot Competition June 14-17

Autonomous robots created by 11 teams of engineers will compete for a NASA prize of $1.5 million at Worcester Polytechnic Institute on June 14 -17.

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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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Overview: Sample Return Robot Challenge

    A NASA Ames K10 rover performs a systematic survey of several simulated lunar outpost sites at the robotic field test area in Haughton Crater. NASA and the Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI) in Worcester, Mass., are seeking teams to compete in a robot technology demonstration competition with a potential $1.5 million prize. Scheduled for June 14-17, 2012 in Worcester, Mass., teams competing in the Sample Return Robot Challenge will compete to demonstrate a robot that can locate and retrieve geologic samples from a wide and varied terrain without human control.

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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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