NASA Centennial Challenge Sample Return Robot Competition

NASA Centennial Challenge Sample Return Robot Competition On June 9-13, international teams of citizen inventors will compete in NASA's 2015 Sample Return Robot Challenge on the campus of Worcester Polytechnic Institute in Worcester, Massachusetts. The competition includes nearly .5 million in prize money. Learn more in this introductory video!

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NASA 2014 Sample Return Robot Challenge

Eighteen teams of citizen inventors from across the globe will compete in the 2014 NASA Centennial Challenges Sample Return Robot Challenge June 11-13 on the campus of Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI) in Worcester, Massachusetts. Prize money of nearly .5 million is on the line in this third running of the challenge.

The teams must demonstrate a robot that can locate and collect geologic samples from a wide and varied landscape without human control.

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