In June of 2004 NASA made the remarkable announcement that it would seek proposals to send a robot to service the Hubble. Had the state of the art in robotic development reached the point where robots could do tasks designed for human hands? NASA believed it had, and the call went out to the robot experts of the world for a robot that could service the Hubble. In September of 2005, BEST Robotics Incorporated answers that call.
Students will be given the task of designing a robot capable of replacing the Hubble's aging batteries and gyroscopes. Additionally, that robot must be able to attach De-orbit rocket engines to the Hubble to allow for a controlled reentry when its mission is finally concluded.
Students will not only design the robot, they will be required to control the robots during the mission itself. Only the BEST robots and only the BEST teams will succeed.
We are a diverse group of students working together to solve this problem. We spend nearly half a month designing and building a robot to complete these tasks. While working together, we have learned much about ourselves, eachother, and many skills we will take with us the rest of our lives. To learn more about us, please visit the Team and Sponsors pages.