NASA USLI competition 2015
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NUMAV - AGSE
My first semester in AIAA (rocket club) I worked on the Autonomous Ground Support Equipment (AGSE) for the NASA University Student Launch Initiative. The system had to locate a PVC payload on the ground, pick it up, put it into the rocket, raise the rocket to vertical, insert the motor igniter, and then launch the rocket. I helped to build the system and find solutions to problems that popped up during assembly.
AGSE - Main Robot
The main subassembly I worked on was the robotic claw. Its job was to locate the payload, capture it, and bring it into the catchemnt area for the next subassembly to load into the rocket. The robot was not fully designed at the time we started building it, and there were many flaws in it. My primary task was to develop and test better mechanisms for capturing the payload and bringing it back into the bay. After many iterations during the final week, we were able to reliably capture the payload and bring it over to the elevator for loading.