Deputy Associate Administrator for NASA's Space Technology Mission Directorate Dennis Andrucyk, left, Rep. Jim McGovern, D-Mass., second from left, WPI President Laurie Leshin, center, and NASA Administrator Charles Bolden, second right, watch as Jascha Little demonstrates how the Survey team robot picks up a sample during a tour of the robot pits at the 2016 Sample Return Robot Challenge on Tuesday, Sept. 6, 2016 at the Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI) in Worcester, Mass. Seven teams are competing for a $ million NASA prize purse. Teams will be required to demonstrate autonomou
Deputy Associate Administrator for NASA's Space Technology Mission Directorate Dennis Andrucyk, left, Rep. Jim McGovern, D-Mass., second from left, WPI President Laurie Leshin, center, and NASA Administrator Charles Bolden, second right, watch as Jascha Little demonstrates how the Survey team robot picks up a sample during a tour of the robot pits at the 2016 Sample Return Robot Challenge on Tuesday, Sept. 6, 2016 at the Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI) in Worcester, Mass. 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.
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