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News and Updates


Annual Open House

This April 27, 2024, the Neutral Buoyancy Research Facility (NBRF) and Advanced Robotics Development Lab (ARDL) will be giving tours/demonstrations throughout the day (10am-4pm) as part of the University of Maryland's annual Maryland Day. This event is free and open to the public every year on the last day in April. Expect to see divers and robots in our neutral buoyancy tank, drive robots around in the ARDL, and get the chance to experience hands-on the research that we do!

 

SSL Team Gets Accepted into the NASA 2024 Big Idea Challenge

The Space Systems Lab's proposal for the NASA 2024 Big Idea Challenge was accepted! A team comprised of PhD, graduate, and undergraduate students will begin designing AIRHWEEL: Auxilary Inflatable Rover Wheel Hub Expaning Exploration Locations. AIRWHEEL is a inflatable + rigid wheel design for rovers, where an inflatable inner wheel is situated in the wheel hub of a rigid wheel, and can be deployed to assist the rover in navigating loose terrain. See the proposal video (made by our Charlie Hanner) here!

 

VERTEX/BioBot System Development

Researchers at the SSL have been finalizing the development of the VERTEX rover and the BioBot system as a whole. To read more about the VERTEX/BioBot system and the BiobBot concept itself, see here. Below are update videos provided by our own Charlie Hanner on his YouTube channel and the SSL's YouTube channel:

You can also find updates on the SSL's social media pages, found under Contact Us

 

 


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