Queen's University students blast off to US for Nasa robotics competition

SO THIS HAPPENED WHILE WE WERE IN HERE, FIFTY-TWO KILOGRAMS IS THE MADDEST NUMBER TO HEAR BECAUSE THAT IS HOW MUCH THIS ALUMINIUM ROBOT ROVER WEIGHS, AND A TEAM OF TEN QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST STUDENTS BUILT IT IN A LAB AND ARE NOW HEADING TO FLORIDA FOR A NASA LUNABOTICS COMPETITION, WHICH IS WILD BECAUSE THEY ARE THE ONLY EUROPEAN TEAM IN THE ENTIRE THING AND HAVE TO GO UP AGAINST TEAMS FROM INDIA, AUSTRALIA AND THE US, AND THE THING IS THE ROVER HAS TO OPERATE TOTALLY AUTONOMOUSLY IN A LUNAR-SIMULATED ROOM AT THE UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA, WHICH MEANS IT HAS TO DRIVE OVER OBSTACLES, DIG UP SAND SIMULANT, AND DEPOSIT IT TO BUILD A WALL FOR FUTURE HUMAN MOON BASES. ANYWAY THE DJ IS COOKING, LET US GO.

OK IMAGINE WAKING UP TO THIS YOU ARE FLYING OUT TO FLORIDA LATER THIS MONTH TO UNLEASH A ROVER INSIDE A SIMULATED MOON ROOM AGAINST RIVAL TEAMS FROM AUSTRALIA, INDIA AND THE US, AND HOW IT STARTED WAS TEN QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST STUDENTS BUILT A FIFTY-TWO KILOGRAM ALUMINIUM FRAME BEAST IN A LAB, WON A CONTEST IN MILTON KEYNES, AND GOT INVITED BY NASA TO THE INTERNATIONAL LUNABOTICS COMPETITION, AND THE THING IS THE ROBOT HAS TO WAKE UP AND NAVIGATE ENTIRELY ON ITS OWN, WHICH IS WILD BECAUSE JAMIE SAYS IT HAS TO LOCATE ITSELF, DRIVE OVER OBSTACLES, DIG UP MOON SIMULANT SAND, AND CARRY IT OVER TO BUILD A LITERAL WALL FOR FUTURE HUMAN HABITATS, AND JACK SAYS THEY ARE THE SOLE TEAM REPRESENTING EUROPE. ANYWAY DO NOT QUOTE ME ON ANY OF THAT.

A team of ten students from Queen's University Belfast will compete in a NASA robotics competition in Florida with their 52-kilogram autonomous lunar rover.

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