ZERO-Robotics: A student competition aboard the International Space Station
The designation of the International Space Station as a National Laboratory enhances the ability to use the facility for educational objectives. The MIT Space Systems Laboratory and Aurora Flight Sciences started the ZERO-Robotics program to enable High School students to participate directly i...
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| author | Saenz-Otero, Alvar Katz, Jacob G. Mohan, Swati Miller, David W. Chamitoff, Gregory E. |
| author2 | Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics |
| author_facet | Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics Saenz-Otero, Alvar Katz, Jacob G. Mohan, Swati Miller, David W. Chamitoff, Gregory E. |
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| description | The designation of the International Space
Station as a National Laboratory enhances the ability to use
the facility for educational objectives. The MIT Space
Systems Laboratory and Aurora Flight Sciences started the
ZERO-Robotics program to enable High School students to
participate directly in the science conducted aboard the ISS.
The program, based on the successful history of the FIRST
Robotics Competition, opens development of SPHERES
software algorithms to high school students. For this
purpose the team developed a simulation that allows
students at many grade levels to program the satellites. The
concept for the ZERO-Robotics competition consists of
three phases: (1) software algorithm annual competition, (2)
hardware enhancements to SPHERES, and (3) open
announcement for participation in SPHERES. The first
phase is already under implementation: a “pilot” program
ran a competition in the MIT Flat Floor and aboard the ISS
with two Idaho schools during the Fall of 2009. |
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| spelling | mit-1721.1/616882022-10-01T17:31:51Z ZERO-Robotics: A student competition aboard the International Space Station Saenz-Otero, Alvar Katz, Jacob G. Mohan, Swati Miller, David W. Chamitoff, Gregory E. Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Space Systems Laboratory Miller, David W. Saenz-Otero, Alvar Katz, Jacob G. Mohan, Swati Miller, David W. The designation of the International Space Station as a National Laboratory enhances the ability to use the facility for educational objectives. The MIT Space Systems Laboratory and Aurora Flight Sciences started the ZERO-Robotics program to enable High School students to participate directly in the science conducted aboard the ISS. The program, based on the successful history of the FIRST Robotics Competition, opens development of SPHERES software algorithms to high school students. For this purpose the team developed a simulation that allows students at many grade levels to program the satellites. The concept for the ZERO-Robotics competition consists of three phases: (1) software algorithm annual competition, (2) hardware enhancements to SPHERES, and (3) open announcement for participation in SPHERES. The first phase is already under implementation: a “pilot” program ran a competition in the MIT Flat Floor and aboard the ISS with two Idaho schools during the Fall of 2009. Dr. Lorna Finman United States. Dept. of Defense. Space Test Program nited States. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency 2011-03-11T21:47:12Z 2011-03-11T21:47:12Z 2010-03 Article http://purl.org/eprint/type/ConferencePaper 978-1-4244-3887-7 1095-323X INSPEC Accession Number: 11258312 http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/61688 Saenz-Otero, A. et al. “ZERO-Robotics: A student competition aboard the International Space Station.” Aerospace Conference, 2010 IEEE. 2010. 1-11. © 2010, IEEE https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6099-0614 en_US http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/AERO.2010.5446894 IEEE Aerospace Conference Article is made available in accordance with the publisher's policy and may be subject to US copyright law. Please refer to the publisher's site for terms of use. application/pdf Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers IEEE |
| spellingShingle | Saenz-Otero, Alvar Katz, Jacob G. Mohan, Swati Miller, David W. Chamitoff, Gregory E. ZERO-Robotics: A student competition aboard the International Space Station |
| title | ZERO-Robotics: A student competition aboard the International Space Station |
| title_full | ZERO-Robotics: A student competition aboard the International Space Station |
| title_fullStr | ZERO-Robotics: A student competition aboard the International Space Station |
| title_full_unstemmed | ZERO-Robotics: A student competition aboard the International Space Station |
| title_short | ZERO-Robotics: A student competition aboard the International Space Station |
| title_sort | zero robotics a student competition aboard the international space station |
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