NASA Administrator Charles Bolden, left, is seen with WPI President Laurie Leshin, right, on a tour of the Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI) on Tuesday, Sept. 6, 2016 in Worcester, Mass. following the awards ceremony for the 2016 Sample Return Robot Challenge. Seven teams are competing for a $ million NASA prize purse. Teams will be required to demonstrate autonomous robots that can locate and collect samples from a wide and varied terrain, operating without human control. The objective of this NASA-WPI Centennial Challenge is to encourage innovations in autonomous navigation and robo

---

NASA Administrator Charles Bolden, left, is seen with WPI President Laurie Leshin, right, on a tour of the Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI) on Tuesday, Sept. 6, 2016 in Worcester, Mass. following the awards ceremony for the 2016 Sample Return Robot Challenge. Seven teams are competing for a $ million NASA prize purse. Teams will be required to demonstrate autonomous robots that can locate and collect samples from a wide and varied terrain, operating without human control. The objective of this NASA-WPI Centennial Challenge is to encourage innovations in autonomous navigation and robotics technologies. Innovations stemming from the challenge may improve NASA's capability to explore a variety of destinations in space, as well as enhance the nation's robotic technology for use in industries and applications on Earth.

---

Size: 4504px × 2808px
Photo credit: © NG Images / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

Keywords: 2016, administrator, bolden, challenge, charles, institute, joel, kowsky, laurie, leshin, location, ma, mass., massachusetts, nasa, polytechnic, return, robot, sample, space, usa, worcester