Mission to the Moon

What is Lunabotics?

The Lunabotics team is a student-led engineering design team within EDT that competes in NASA's Lunabotics Challenge. The competition is held annually at Kennedy Space Center, where universities across the country design and build a rover with the goal of autonomously excavating lunar regolith using NASA's Systems Engineering principles to manage the project.

Team Goals

  • Design and build a rover from scratch.
  • Learn to apply NASA's Systems Engineering principles efficiently.
  • Compete and do well in the annual Lunabotics Challenge at Kennedy Space Center.
  • Have fun and get to know one another!
Lunabotics robot

Team Gallery

Technology Stack

Autonomous Navigation
ROS2, SLAM
Serial Communication Protocol(s)
CAN
Computer Vision
OpenCV, TensorFlow
CAD Software
Solidworks

Competition Achievements

#6th Place Overall
May 2026
#3rd Place Systems Engineering Paper
May 2026
#1st Place Robotic Construction
May 2025

Team Leadership

Christopher Doud
Christopher Doud
Co-Captain — Sophomore
Jonathan Eskinder
Jonathan Eskinder
Co-Captain — Sophomore
Anshukumar Maitra
Anshukumar Maitra
Mechanical Lead — Junior
Amargoe Gagan
Amargoe Gagan
Electrical Lead — Sophomore
Tyler Fadenholz
Tyler Fadenholz
Controls Lead — Sophomore
Ragasri Yegatella
Ragasri Yegatella
Systems Lead — Junior

Resources

Source Code

2026 Competition

GitHub

Post by UIC Engineering

UIC Engineering article

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