Project : Develop a method of unloading a lunar shelter from a lunar lander and protecting it from solar radiation

A system using two crawlers was developed. Given further development time it would have been possible to combine the functions of the crawlers. The first crawler lifted the habitat off of the lunar lander. The second one delivered the structure that was to hold the regolith and then performed the regolith excavation and delivery.

The journey from the lander to the designated site begins.

The judges examine the habitat and its protective mechanism.

For additional details see

Boles, W., Bernold, L. (NC State), and Scott, W., "SPACE 94 Student Robotics Contest," the Journal of Professional Issues in Engineering Education and Practice, American Society of Civil Engineers, Vol. 121 No. 4 pp. 225 - 235, October 1995.