Cool Robot in Greenland 2013

The Cool Robot is a solar power, autonomous robot that was developed by a team of students at Dartmouth Thayer School in conjunction with Cold Regions Research and Engineering Laboratory (CRREL). In 2005 the Cool Robot was tested at Greenland Summit. The last two years have been spent in implementing the robot and redesigning its solar panel box. Now it is time to test Cool Robot and its improvement as it makes it way back to Greenland for its 2nd visit.

Thursday, June 13, 2013

Day 10

A 3rd boost converter was installed and the code was updated to accommodate using the top panel. Once that was done we button the robot back up and ran the same loop we ran yesterday with the top panel add into the mix and it was noticeably happier, aka was moving faster with the added power. All good news!

The "Cool" gang walking behind the Cool Robot during the 3 panel test.

1 comment:

UnknownJune 14, 2013 at 9:34 AM
What fun, to see the new and improved Cool Robot out in the field like this, Allison. Keep the news and pics coming!
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