How a One-Man Team From California Won NASA's Space Robotics Challenge

By mastering a Mars robot simulator, an engineer and stay-at-home dad took home the $125,000 top prize

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In NASA's Space Robotics Challenge, participants had to command a virtual Valkyrie robot to perform a series of repair tasks in a simulated Mars base hit by a dust storm.
In NASA's Space Robotics Challenge, participants had to command a virtual Valkyrie robot to perform a series of repair tasks in a simulated Mars base hit by a dust storm.
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