Our Team's Robot History
The Akron NASA Robotics team has competed every year NASA has hosted the competition. Here are a the robots of the Akron RMC team career!
PiRATE
2011-2012
Piloted Robotic All Terrain Excavator
Here is our very first robot, PiRATE, who placed 6th out of 44 teams competing. We've come a long way since then, but you can still see similarities with our recent robots!
STACEE
2012-2013
Systematic Technical Automaton Collecting Extraterrestrial Elements
In 2013 our robot STACEE placed 10th out of 50 teams. The team also won 3rd place in the slide presentation!
CHRISTEE
2015-2016
Collecting Humanoid Robotic Interplanetary System for Terrestrial Excavation and Exploration
Christee is our cherished 2015 robot who performed exceedingly well! She is our exemplary robot who joins us in all of our outreach events.
SPACEE
2016-2017
Systematic Piloted Automaton Collecting Extraterrestrial Elements
Spacee was out 2017 robot that is a derivative of our previous robots with some new innovative features.
ROCKEE
2017-2018
Robust Operational Collector Kinematically Excavating Elements
Our 2018 robot, ROCKEE, placed 5th out of 44 teams competing! We also won third place for both outreach and our systems engineering paper!
AUDREE
2018-2019
Autonomous Drum Rotating Extraterrestrial Excavator
In 2019 the team placed 2nd out of 46 teams in the NASA competition, with 1st place in outreach and 4th place in systems engineering! Here is our 2019 robot AuDREE.
KATEE
2020-2021
Kinematic Autonomous Terrestrial Excavator for Elements
Failure is not an option, words spoken not only for the work of NASA, but the work of our team. Although we encountered hardships with this robot and couldn't make it into the arena, we are still incredibly proud of the work everyone has contributed and being in the competition. As said by Walt Disney, Around here, however, we don't look backwards for very long. We keep moving forward, opening up new doors and doing new things, because we're curious...and curiosity keeps leading us down new paths.
DAISEE
2022-2023
Dexterous Autonomous Interplanetary System for Excavation and Exploration
Daisee was the 2022-2023 robot, and we are proud at the innovation and hard work that went into this robot. We are excited to see what the future holds for our team and our robots!
BRANDEE
2023-2024
Building Robot Autonomously Navigated to Dig, Elevate, and Erect
Brandee is our 2023-2024 robot, using quite a few new features and designs. We are excited to see how she performs in the competition!