Upcoming Contests: Mechanical Maker Challenge
Create a clockwork mechanical device that could help in the exploration of Venus! Are you up for the challenge?
NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory is hosting a series of challenges for undergraduate and graduate students designed to engage their creativity while helping address some of the toughest mechanical design challenges.
Prior missions to the surface of Venus have only survived hours due to the planet's extreme environment. But an automaton (or clockwork mechanical robot) could solve this problem. By utilizing high-temperature alloys, the clockwork rover would survive for months, allowing it to collect and return valuable long-term science data from the surface of Venus. As part of a NASA Innovative Advanced Concepts funded study, engineers at JPL are already hard at work turning this innovative concept into reality. But they're looking for students to help bring new perspectives on creating mechanical ways of performing traditionally electrical tasks.
The Mechanical Eye challenge, the first in the series of three Mechanical Maker Challenges, is accepting entries now through Jan. 30, 2019. Stay tuned for details for upcoming challenges, to be announced on March 1 and July 1.
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