Mission to the Moon
Autonomous Operation
Vision & AI navigation
Excavation Systems
Efficient regolith handling
NASA Challenge
Annual competition
Robot Gallery
Technology Stack
Autonomous Navigation
ROS, SLAM
CANbus
CANbus Systems
Computer Vision
OpenCV, TensorFlow
Motor Controllers
SparkMax Motor Controllers
Competition Achievements
1st Place Robotic Construction
May 2025
Innovation Award
May 2024 / May 2025
5th Place Autonomy Award
May 2024 / May 2025
Team Leadership
Fernanda Palomar
Captain — Senior
Aakash Bajaj
Control Systems Lead — Junior
George Ciuca
Mechanical Lead — Senior
Nathan Morabito
Electrical Lead — Junior
Catherine Schuch
Systems Engineering Lead — Junior
Resources
Source Code
2025 Competition
GitHub
Post by UIC Engineering
UIC Engineering report 2025
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