Kiss Institute For Practical Robotics

THIS PROPOSAL WILL LEAD TO A SIGNIFICANT INCREASE IN THE NUMBER OF STUDENTS AND TEACHERS PARTICIPATING IN THE BOTBALL PROGRAM. IT WILL FACILITATE THE RECRUITMENT AND PARTICIPATION OF NEW STUDENTS AS WELL AS ALLOWING FOR THE CONTINUED SUPPORT AND ENGAGEMENT OF EXISTING PARTICIPANTS ENSURING THAT THE STEM PIPELINE IS FULL OF STUDENTS WHO HAVE NOT ONLY AN INTEREST AND AN AWARENESS IN ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE AND ROBOTICS ENGINEERING BUT ALSO SOME SIGNIFICANT TECHNICAL PREPARATION WORKING WITH CUTTING EDGE TECHNOLOGY. THE EVENTS HELD AROUND THE COUNTRY WILL HELP TO INFORM THE PUBLIC ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE OF ROBOTIC TECHNOLOGIES IN FURTHERING NASA S MISSIONS AND OBJECTIVES.

TO INSPIRE THE NEXT GENERATION OF EXPLORERS: A PROPOSAL FOR NASA'S SUPPORT OF THE BOTBALL EDUCATION ,

SUPPORTING MARTE: SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING SYSTEMS DEVELOPMENT AND TESTING FOR DRILLING ON MARS

EDUCATION GRANT: A MULTI-YEAR PLAN FOR NASA'S SUPP ORT OF THE BOBALL EDUCATIONAL ROBOTICS PROGRAM

THE KISS INSTITUTE FOR PRACTICAL ROBOTICS HAS OVER TWENTY YEARS EXPERIENCE PRODUCING HIGH QUALITY NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL LEVEL AUTONOMOUS ROBOTIC

KISS INSTITUTE WILL SUPPORT ASPECTS OF THE DOMMEX AND STEP ACTIVITIES DESCRIBED ABOVE RELATED TO SPACE SCIENCE SPACE TECHNOLOGY SPACE EXPLORATION

KISS WILL DEVELOP AND TEST SYSTEMS RELEVANT TO ACQUIRING SUBSURFACE SAMPLES AND DELIVERING THOSE SAMPLES TO INSTRUMENTS. A PROTOTYPE SYSTEM HAS BEEN

FIELD INTEGRATION AND SOFTWARE AUTOMATION FOR ROBOTIC SAMPLE ACQUISITION SYSTEMS FOR PLANETARY MISSIONSARADS A PSTAR GRANT PROPOSES A MARS ROVER ANALOG MISSION AS A FIELD TEST OF AN INTEGRATED ROVER-DRILL SYSTEM WITH PROTOTYPE INSTRUMENTS THAT ARE FLIGHT MISSION CANDIDATES.DEPTH AND SAMPLE VOLUME REQUIREMENTS FOR SCIENTIFIC SAMPLE ACQUISITION IMPOSE THE NEEDFOR A MARS DRILL CAPABLE OF PENETRATING DEPTHS OF AMETER OR GREATER. OBSERVING THE OPERATION OF THEROVER/DRILLING SYSTEM IN A HIGH FIDELITY ENVIRONMENTILLUMINATE THE DIFFICULT ISSUES OF LOW-GRAVITY DRILLINGINTO AN UNKNOWN SUBSTRATE DRILL SITE SENSING ANDSELECTION AND DRILL SYSTEM EMPLACEMENT AND STABILIZATION.

AS STATED IN NASA'S 2011STRATEGIC PLAN, NASA'S MAJOR EDUCATIONAL GOALS ARE TO: IMPROVE RETENTION OF STUDENTS IN STEM DISCIPLINES BY PROVIDING OPPORTU

BOTBALL EDUCATIONAL ROBOTICS PROGRAM AND THE GLOBAL CONFERENCE ON EDUCATIONAL ROBOTICS

PLANETARY ASTROBIOLOGY ANALOG SCIENCE AND INSTRUMENT DEVELOPMENT INVESTIGATIONS

TO INSPIRE THE NEXT GENERATOR OF EXPLORERS: A PROPOSAL FOR NASA'S SUPPORT OF THE BOTBALL EDUCATIONAL