The finalist teams from each state. Texas A&M University invited 5 Zero Robotics Middle Schools to Johnson Space Center for the Final Event, held August 12th 2016. The winning teams from each state were able to participate in the Final Event, with their code being uploaded to the real SPHERES aboard the International Space Station. The [...]
The Zero Robotics Middle School Program is officially a go for 2016! The ASTRO Center and PK-12 Engineering Education Outreach will be supporting the Texas teams with financial assistance and educational outreach for the team leaders and students. In addition, there will be assistance with setting up field trips to Aerospace corporations and institutions. This will [...]
The AggieSat4 (AGS4) satellite carrying Bevo-2 was unpacked and assembled aboard the International Space Station (ISS) on Wednesday (Jan. 27), and was released into outer space on Friday (Jan. 29). AggieSat4 launched from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida for the ISS on December 2015. AGS4 drifting away from the ISS. This successful [...]
One of the quadrotors during assembly. On Dec. 5 2015, the Aerial International Robotic Racing of Unmanned Systems (AIRUS) broke a record for longest distance between a remotely operated civilian Unmanned Aerial System (UAS) which is sometimes referred to as a drone, and its pilot. Students from Texas A&M University landed an unmanned aerial system on [...]
The first round of the new, upcoming Aerial International Race of Unmanned Systems (AIRUS) was held Saturday November 14th at the courtyard of the Harvey R. "Bum" Bright Building. The competition involved more than 15 entrants, out of which a few select number of those will qualify for the second round of qualifying. The pilots raced a [...]
This fall, the ASTRO Center and the Department of Aerospace Engineering at Texas A&M University partnered with Made in Space to take advantage of the 3-D printer aboard the International Space Station (ISS). Made in Space is a San Francisco based startup that focuses on additive manufacturing, which launched a 3-D printer to the ISS in September 2014. The company [...]
The Zero Robotics Middle School Summer Program will hold its final competition on board the International Space Station (ISS) at the Johnson Space Center in Houston on Friday (Aug. 14). The Zero Robotics (ZR) program is a programming competition where SPHERES satellites (robots) inside the ISS are controlled by programs developed by students. The Texas [...]
The Zero Robotics Middle School Summer Program held its final competition Aug. 15 on board the International Space Station (ISS) at the Johnson Space Center in Houston. The Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station (TEES), the Dwight Look College of Engineering and the Texas Partnership for Out of School Time were the statewide sponsors for the [...]
The Zero Robotics Middle School Summer Program is coming to Texas! Dr. Greg Chamitoff, Professor of Practice in the Department of Aerospace Engineering, and the Dwight Look College of Engineering are helping to bring the Zero Robotics Program for middle school kids to Texas for the first time. Dr. Dave Hyland, Professor in the Department [...]
