UNC Charlotte Astrobotics

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“We do these things not because they are easy, but because they are hard” - JFK

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Vibes are high ⛏
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Watch our run at 11:30!

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Check back here for our competition run!

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Small tweaks! We run at 11:30 today! Stay tuned for the livestream link. Go niners!

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If you’d like to watch UNCC do our run, we go on at 1:00 PM EST!!

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Always nice to meet a real spaceman! Marcos Pontes we thank you for the experience.

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Making some last minute adjustments to our autonomy code in Florida!

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Van is packed and we are on the way to NASA

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We have successful deposition! Working hard as the competition date quickly approaches!

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Testing has begun here in the Cameron Engineering Lab!

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We are back from spring break! A lot of wires and a lot of progress!

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The electrical team is working on getting the rover up and running! We are excited for this month to be focused on testing!

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If you can dream it you can build it! Here is I ur drum nozzle from concept to reality in one short design process!

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Here in the Cameron engineering lab we are on the cutting edge of rover tech! Really grinding to prep for the NASA competition.

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The team is doing some tensioner tests with our new belt system. Buckets are on and ready move some moon dirt!

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Compact packaging? Not a problem for this years rover!

The UNCc mechanical team is making some small tweaks to our big conveyor belt this week!

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We are BACK in action!

Here is a sneak peak of one of the MANY changes to this years rover!

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Here is also a short clip of the rover depositing icy regolith simulant! Go Niners!⛏ #ncspacegrant #nasarmc #lunabotics #49erminers