2016 NASA Swarmathon Student Mission Launch

This webinar covered: how the Swarmie software works, a close up view of the hardware, the new schedule, how teams will be scored, cash prizes, and exciting opportunities available to you beyond the competition. Congratulations on being selected as a competitor in the 2016 NASA Swarmathon! As a member of this elite group, you will help to further an important technology that will hopefully be used one day on Mars. As a way to kick off this exciting mission, we hosted a special webinar for students on Friday, January 22nd at 2:00pm Eastern. This interactive event will allow you to directly hear from creators of the Swarmie robot, as well as competition organizers. This group includes NASA Engineers, NASA Education Officials, and researchers from the University of New Mexico. This webinar covered: how the Swarmie software works, a close up view of the hardware, the new schedule, how teams will be scored, cash prizes, and exciting opportunities available to you beyond the competition.