<p>Kirori Mal College’s students of Physics have added another feather to the cap of their college and alma mater and this time it is not the cultural or the theatre wing which is being applauded but an experiment in Science. <br /><br /></p>.<p>The undergraduate students along with the Cluster Innovation Centre (CIC) are in the news for building a robot, which can undertake mining activities on the moon! <br /><br />The project has in total 26 members including 10 core members and the work is scheduled to finish in a couple of weeks. After finishing the project the students plan to take part in NASA’s annual Lunabotics Mining Competition to be held in May. <br /><br />Dr Sumitra Mohanthy, the Physics professor and faculty advisor of the project shares her experience of getting this international platform. “We will be the only non-technical participants who will be taking part in the competition. This is a huge exposure for us and we are really pleased about it. This is really challenging for us and we are <br />coming up pretty well.” <br /><br />The robot will be fully autonomous and operated from the Earth with the help of a software made by the CIC. The task for the students is to design and built the robot for mining purposes on the Moon. It will dig loose material such as soil and other material that covers rocks, collect it and dump it into a bin, to be brought back to Earth.<br /><br />Diksha Malik, a IInd year student and a member of the core team explains the <br />mechanism behind the robot, “This will be a huge challenge as we won’t be able to see the robot but have to operate it from the earth. The model that we are developing is a <br />device which will move on the surface of the moon and can dig lunar soil. The robot will have censors and cameraso that we can operate it from the Earth. Ninety-five per cent of the mechanical work will be done within three to four days.”<br /><br />Another core member and student leader on the project is Anubrata Saha, a final year student. “This is the ultimate dream for us. This is a real time dream for us. There will 12-14 astronauts from NASA who will be judging 50 teams from all over the world and we will be one of them. So, we chose those students who are sincere and hardworking and can pull off this project.”<br /><br />Other challenges for the team is that the robot cannot weigh more than 80 kgs <br />and should be able to collect at least 10 kgs of soil in 10 minutes. All the best!<br /></p>
<p>Kirori Mal College’s students of Physics have added another feather to the cap of their college and alma mater and this time it is not the cultural or the theatre wing which is being applauded but an experiment in Science. <br /><br /></p>.<p>The undergraduate students along with the Cluster Innovation Centre (CIC) are in the news for building a robot, which can undertake mining activities on the moon! <br /><br />The project has in total 26 members including 10 core members and the work is scheduled to finish in a couple of weeks. After finishing the project the students plan to take part in NASA’s annual Lunabotics Mining Competition to be held in May. <br /><br />Dr Sumitra Mohanthy, the Physics professor and faculty advisor of the project shares her experience of getting this international platform. “We will be the only non-technical participants who will be taking part in the competition. This is a huge exposure for us and we are really pleased about it. This is really challenging for us and we are <br />coming up pretty well.” <br /><br />The robot will be fully autonomous and operated from the Earth with the help of a software made by the CIC. The task for the students is to design and built the robot for mining purposes on the Moon. It will dig loose material such as soil and other material that covers rocks, collect it and dump it into a bin, to be brought back to Earth.<br /><br />Diksha Malik, a IInd year student and a member of the core team explains the <br />mechanism behind the robot, “This will be a huge challenge as we won’t be able to see the robot but have to operate it from the earth. The model that we are developing is a <br />device which will move on the surface of the moon and can dig lunar soil. The robot will have censors and cameraso that we can operate it from the Earth. Ninety-five per cent of the mechanical work will be done within three to four days.”<br /><br />Another core member and student leader on the project is Anubrata Saha, a final year student. “This is the ultimate dream for us. This is a real time dream for us. There will 12-14 astronauts from NASA who will be judging 50 teams from all over the world and we will be one of them. So, we chose those students who are sincere and hardworking and can pull off this project.”<br /><br />Other challenges for the team is that the robot cannot weigh more than 80 kgs <br />and should be able to collect at least 10 kgs of soil in 10 minutes. All the best!<br /></p>
