Upcoming Contests from NASA/JPL – Mechanical Maker Challenges

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. Mechanical Maker Challenge: Mechanical Eye - Now through Jan. 30, 2019 Mechanical Maker Challenge (To Be Announced) – March 1 through May 31, 2019 Mechanical Maker Challenge (To Be Announced) – July 1 through Aug. 31, 2019 Related News Meet JPL Interns – How do you build a spacecraft that can last more than two hours on Venus? JPL intern Tonya Beatty is helping a team at NASA/JPL design a new kind of extreme rover to turn an impossible idea into a reality. Explore more contests and events from NASA/JPL Edu at jpl.nasa.gov/edu/events.

 

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