Our campaign is meant to help minimize the costs our students will have with their senior design projects.
DustyTRON and DustySWARM are two teams that will be competing at NASA. These competitions will help with the future of Mars exploration.
TRON builds an excavating robot from scratch that is able to dig and collect rock samples from an arena that mimics Mars terrain. TRON uses several engineering disciplines such as software, mechanical, and electrical in order to successfully do this.
SWARM programs robots that are meant to help visualize, and improve, how autonomous rovers behave while in Mars. This includes how they can pick up QR blocks as soon as they are detected. This is done by designing and developing an autonomous search algorithm for small collaborative robots.
Through this campaign we hope to raise enough money to help get our talented engineers to their competitions so that we can better promote TAMIU and its students, as well as showcase our acquired skill-sets.
In order for TRON and SWARM to successfully finish their robots and compete they must raise as much money as possible. This money will go to the students' flights to get to the competitions as well as lodging. SWARM will be competing in New Mexico for four nights, and TRON will be competing in Florida for five nights. Additionally, TRON needs to purchase the parts and components for the robot, such as a Lidar ($500), microprocessor and motor drives ($700), electrical connection, motors and gears ($900), mechanical structure material ($1500), and some tools and equipment to build and construct the robot as well.
Your support will help us reach our ultimate goal of representing TAMIU and Laredo. Please give!
A special thank you goes out to The Laredo Rotary Club who donated $2,000.00! We want to thank all of our supporters who have been helping us reach our goal! Thank you for all your contributions! Our campaign ends in 4 days! We will be posting more videos on our Facebook page soon!
Today, April 10, DustyTRON presented their progress so far with their TRON 5.0 at TAMIU's LBV Conference. The team is excited to be able to share what they have been doing! Below is a photo of all the team members after the presentation.
Today DustySWARM presented their progress for the NASA Swarmathon competition at TAMIU's LBV Conference. The team is getting ready to submit their code and compete! Below are a few photos taken during the presentation.
This past weekend DustyTRON Robotics participated in Discover TAMIU. During this event Swarm was able to showcase the three swarmies we have and had the kids control them via PS4 controllers. TRON had lego robots which allowed the kids control the robots by using an Android phone. Below is a photo from the event.
On January 29, DustyTRON Robotics had a showcase event at Our Lady of Guadalupe School. During this event we were able to display our swarmies and inform the guests of the different robotics events we have at TAMIU. Additionally, the kids were able to control the swarmies and get a feel of how robotics is. Below is a photo from the event.
The week of February 25, TAMIU hosted STEM Alliance week. During this week DustyTRON Robotics presented our senior projects with the kids. During this event we were able to showcase the swarmies and had different activities planned out for them to enjoy. Below is an image from the event.
On March 29, DustyTRON Robotics was invited to participate at George Washington Middle School's Career Day. At this event the team was able to share their love of engineering and robotics with the middle schoolers. We presented the different engineering projects under Systems Engineering and also talked about the career paths some of the SWARM members were able to obtain. Below is the photo from the event. The middle schoolers are having fun controlling the swarmies!
On March 8, DustyTRON Robotics was invited to participate at Trautmann Middle School's 6th grade campus Career Day. At this event the team was able to share their love of engineering and robotics with the middle schoolers. We presented the different engineering projects under Systems Engineering and also talked about the career paths some of the SWARM members were able to obtain. Below is the photo taken from the event.
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