NASA Contest: Design a Material Interface Surface

Status: Closed
Prize: $500
Entries Received: 14
Winner: aurelianzapxiu

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Contest Brief

Design a Material Interface Surface (MIS)

In this challenge, you are asked to design the Material Interface Surface (MIS) for the contact between the separately designed robotic arm and Handrail. The MIS will be mounted to the free end of the robotic arm, though no consideration of how the mounting will occur is required for this challenge.

How it works: When a normal force is applied to the MIS, it must prevent slipping and/or twisting (between itself and the Handrail) due to normal motion of the robotic arm.

Click on the links below to see detailed design instructions, constraints and solution templates for this problem.

Challenge rules:
A prize will be awarded for the most efficient, technically feasible design. Design efficiency will be evaluated based on the lowest, credible estimated lines of code for implementing a solution.

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Public Clarification Board

durgachitroju
- 5 years ago
Sir, eagerly waiting for your response.
- 5 years ago
Contest Holder
- 5 years ago
This contest is now closed. Thank you for all of your hard work on some really great designs. The team will be evaluating the submissions and announce the winners as soon as we can (likely about 1-2 weeks). There are even more launching this month. We look forward to seeing more of this amazing talent! Thanks!
- 5 years ago
charlemagne9
- 5 years ago
Hello NASA, please extend the time #extended
- 5 years ago
1. Contest Holder
  - 5 years ago
  Sorry Bryan, but were not able to extend this contest.
  - 5 years ago
agtg
- 5 years ago
Ready, sealed and according to the guidelines, thanks!
- 5 years ago
hinamulani03
- 5 years ago
Thank you Lauren.
- 5 years ago
hinamulani03
- 5 years ago
It doesn't get sealed. There is some error occurs
- 5 years ago
1. Psytest
  - 5 years ago
  Hi Heena,
  
  Generally, you will be able to see your own entry, but it will be sealed to others. I can confirm that your entry above appears sealed to me, and should therefore be sealed to everyone else.
  - 5 years ago
hinamulani03
- 5 years ago
Please sealed my entry #7 and #8
- 5 years ago
MarkBravo1
- 5 years ago
Hi. I have a question: Does the pull force act in only one direction?

Seems that no explicit description is given about this. The illustration (figure1) shows the pull force being exerted in only one direction.

Thanks.
- 5 years ago
1. EdenElements
  - 5 years ago
  Thank you Marco, I was posting the same question.
  - 5 years ago
2. Contest Holder
  - 5 years ago
  The force only acts in one direction and you can specify the orientation that the forces acts in relative to your design.
  - 5 years ago
latheeshvmvilla
- 5 years ago
3 WEEKS, 6 DAYS REMAINING makes it a little boring as contest i guess :/
- 5 years ago
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1. MarkBravo1
  - 5 years ago
  Then... I Wish you the best of luck, Latheesh.
  - 5 years ago
2. latheeshvmvilla
  - 5 years ago
  :D
  - 5 years ago
aurelianzapxiu
- 5 years ago
"Challenge rules: The prize will be awarded for the lowest mass, technically feasible solution," . The difference in mass for any potential solution would be minor, if not negligible. So i assume you're actually interested in the force needed to prevent slipping to be as low as possible?
- 5 years ago
1. Contest Holder
  - 5 years ago
  Thanks. We have updated the description.
  - 5 years ago
2. Contest Holder
  - 5 years ago
  There was a mistake with our blurb and the award will be given to those with the lowest necessary force as described in the problem document.
  - 5 years ago