SpacePRIDE

Our Mission

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Team SpacePRIDE is working toward changing technology as we know it. We are using existing technology in new, innovative ways. We are creating custom software to control the technology. The ultimate goal of our team is to create new ideas that can be used for the purpose of furthering our world in many fields. Our current field of interest is space exploration. We are creating designs to meet challenges that will determine technologies that the human race will use to explore the Universe. We are excited to be a part of this exploration.

Sponsorship Opportunity from Clearpath Robotics

Teams- We are happy to announce a Team Sponsorship opportunity with Clearpath Robotics. Teams who utilize a Clearpath Robotics Husky A200 as part of their competition entry can receive a $3000 sponsorship rebate. Teams should see the attached flyer and contact Clearpath Robotics directly for more information.

Posted on 20 January 2012 | 10:40 am

Challenge Registrations, Proposals, and Reporting

Teams- Thanks to everyone who submitted their registration documentation and payments over the last couple weeks. We’ll be working on going through them all, verifying their accuracy, and getting them signed on our end so please bear with us as it will take a few days for us to confirm receipt. This will not effect [...]

Posted on 3 January 2012 | 3:12 pm

For more updates, check out the NASA Sample Return Rover Challenge site by clicking here.

		Chris Williamson Chris has been working with robotics for over 10 years. He has competed in Robot Wars, BattleBots, and various national and local robot competitions. He now helps to lead several robotics panels at Dragon*Con. Through this, he is able to introduce robotics of many types to those who are interested. His most current personal project is called the RaveRover. Over the past 3 years, Chris has mentored several FIRST teams, and he is currently working with a rookie FIRST team. He has found this work to be very fulfilling. Chris is a machinist by trade. His current job gives him easy access to materials and machinery with which he can design and create custom parts for all of his robots. He is a hard worker and a loyal employee and a fierce competitor.

		Robert Moore Rob blah blah blah.

Over the weekend we managed to get a prototype vison system up and running, and are able to object match different samples in both sunlight and shade. Video system is coming along nicely! We've also been driving around a couple of small rover prototypes to nail down object avoidance and detection.
Updated: 01/15/2012 - Chris

We currently have several different chassis prototypes and are testing out a couple of different vision systems. We have created a prototype for the grabbing mechanism we will be using, and we are well on our way to making leaps and bounds toward a final version of the rover.
Updated: 01/05/2012 - Chris

Thanks to the help from our partners, we're able to reach our goal faster and more efficiently.
Please be sure to check out what they do by clicking the links to their websites below.

AiXiZ Service & International, LLC
Laser support for object detection

For more information about Team SpacePRIDE, feel free to contact:

Chris Williamson
necrolyte17 @ gmail . com

We look forward to hearing from you and helping with any information we can give you.

Sample Return Robot Challenge / June 15-18

Sponsorship Opportunity from Clearpath Robotics

Challenge Registrations, Proposals, and Reporting