Army Astrobotics First Lunar Robotics Team

Army Astrobotics, West Point’s first lunar robotics team, secured a slot as a top 48 team in the NASA LUNABOTICS Robotic Mining Competition. As part of the honor, the team traveled to NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, FL, to put their robot, “Pathfinder,” to the test. The LUNABOTICS Robotic Mining Competition is a national collegiate competition that challenges teams to design, build, and demonstrate their lunar mining systems within various point-associated constraints. These parameters include size, weight, power consumption, bandwidth usage, mining capacity, and autonomous capability—all key considerations for NASA mission planning. Read more.