Student Information
Student Robotics Competition
Sunday, March 2, 4:00 pm – 9:00 pm Technical Presentations
Monday, March 3, 9:00 am - 5:00 pm Teams Compete
Tuesday, March 4, 9:00 am - 5:00 pm Teams Compete
Tuesday, March 4, 6:30 pm - 8:30 pm ASD Awards Banquet & Awards Ceremony
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Space travel using a space elevator system is a fairly recent and quite innovative concept supported by many government agencies, industry, and universities. In this concept, a motorized climber utilizes ground-based beamed power to climb a thin ribbon at moderate speeds covering several thousand miles. The concept will help to carry payloads to various orbits at a very cost-effective way. Please refer to other literature about the concept and its possible uses and limitations. You may also contact www.elevator2010.org for information on other similar activities and competitions. The purpose of this year’s Student Robotics Competition is to design and build a climber which is able to climb a ribbon with ground-based beamed power carrying a limited payload. |
Student teams from high schools, 2- and 4-year colleges are encouraged to participate in this exciting competition. This competition requires a multi-disciplinary team of students to contribute to various components of the climber. However, the project does not have a significant financial requirement.
The payload – detachable and provided by the teams – are to represent either the various components carried to space or, in the case of a moon-based space elevator, the payload would represent the components of command module to be established on the moon surface.
Objective: To design and build a climber that would climb a 30-foot vertical ribbon solely under radiative power received from a light source at the base of the ribbon.
More information is available at www.mtsu.edu/~anasab/spaceelevator.htm.
For questions, contact the Student Robotics Competition Chair, Ahad Nasab, Ph.D., at e-mail: anasab@mtsu.edu.
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