McGill LunarEx Robotics
Machinery - Beaconsfield, Quebec, Canada
McGill LunarEx Robotics Employees
McGill LunarEx Robotics Details
The McGill Lunar Excavator Team is a group of 50 undergraduate engineering students collaborating to construct a fully automated lunar digging robot. We are designing and building the excavator to compete in NASA's 2013 Lunabotics Mining Competition at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The 2013 Lunabotics Mining Competition, based on NASA's former Regolith Excavation Challenge, aims to encourage innovation and foster new interest in space exploration and technology. Our challenge calls for mining simulated lunar soil, called regolith. This is the prospective first step towards exploiting the Moon's natural resources. The unique physical properties of lunar regolith make excavation a difficult technical challenge. Advances in lunar regolith extraction have the potential to significantly contribute to the National Space Vision and space exploration operations. To find out more about our project, please check out our website and like us on Facebook: lunarex.mcgill.ca facebook.com/McGill.LunarEx ----------- Many of our members are looking for internships or full-time employment. We hope you can find the right match for your company!
