ROBOPALOOZA 2024
1st Annual ROBOPALOOZA.space Festival
The inaugural ROBOPALOOZA.space festival was held on November 15, 2024, sponsored by the Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE) Tele-Presence Initiative:
Mojave Desert, California, USA
The location of ROBOPALOOZA.space 2024 was Lucerne Valley, High Mojave Desert, California, USA at the LUNAplex Proving Grounds: Peterman Hill (34.54370731668039, -116.94003544741716) north east of Los Angeles.
About Us
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LIVESTREAM: https://www.linkedin.com/video/live/urn:li:ugcPost:7263304311416188930/
"Palooza" is an informal term used to describe a large, energetic, and vibrant event or celebration. It suggests a festival-like atmosphere with a lot of excitement, activities, and entertainment, often with
multiple elements or themes involved.
ROBOPALOOZA is a fun, festival-like annual gathering with space robotics as the central theme, combined with a lively atmosphere of live rock & roll.
It features the Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers (IEEE) Telepresence Robot Competition and Robotic Demonstrations from leading companies and universities in the Space Exploration domain.
Showcasing the "Helelani" robotic rover from Hawai'i, which has starred in a TV episode of Hawai'i Five O https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kXXQ1dKAt98 provided by the Pacific International Space Center for Exploration Systems (PISCES) in Hilo, Hawai'i.
https://pacificspacecenter.com/
Helelani (or “Heavenly Travels”) is a 700-pound planetary rover equipped with a suite of instruments and imaging systems that can be controlled remotely. The rover’s open payload design offers a mobile testing platform for planetary surface systems. Space agencies anywhere in the world can pilot Helelani tele-robotically through the rugged terrain of planetary analog test sites. robot technology
IEEE Telepresence Competitors $5,000 Prize RESULTS:
WINNER:
Western Australia
Remote Operations (WARO32)
Tele-Operating from Perth, Australia
Time: 20 minutes 10 seconds
No Penalties
The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) sponsoried a Telepresence Competition (https://ieee-telepresence.org/competition/ ) which required the competing teams to remotely operate the PISCES Helelani Robotic Rover through an obstacle field course in the Mojave Desert and then up the steep slope of Peterman Hill. At the top of the hill, the rover had to "Capture a Flag" and bring it back down the hill to the finish line. The fastest timed run won the competition. Each team had 30 minutes to complete the competition course.
Following the competition, the results were announced at the 2024 IEEE Conference on Telepresence Banquet
California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California, November 16, 2024
https://ieee-telepresence.org/ robot technology robotics
PRESS:
National Public Radio
"All Things Considered" Show
Read about our successful 2024 ROBOPALOOZA.space event:
https://www.yahoo.com/tech/inaugural-robopalooza-competition-showcases-robots-102024201.html
https://www.lucernevalleyusd.org/apps/news/article/1998839
Professional Societies
Thank you to the following Professional Societies for supporting this space robotics event and competition:
- IEEE: Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers
- ASCE: American Society of Civil Engineers
- Moon Village Association robot technology telepresence
Our Sponsors
A very big "Thank You" to all of our sponsors, supporters and particpants
Our Demonstration Partners
These partners will demonstrate prototypes (on site or remotely) of robots that could operate in a future lunar mission robot technology telepresence robotics
Our Schedule
This is the schedule of events - please note that ROBOPALOOZA.space is in California on Pacific Time.
Live Rock & Roll + Food Trucks provided by Cafe 247
Live rock bands will play in the afternoon and a DJ will perform throughout the day .
Come and dance with the robots!
We support STEAM: Science, Technology, Engineering, Art and Mathematics!
BETTER THAN BAD
Local legends will rock your world!
LIVE: 12:00 noon to 2:00 pm
DJ: 2:00 pm to 6:00 pm
In Memory of Alyn Nielsen
Al Nielsen was the owner and visionary behind the mad world of Cafe 247 and an inspirational maverick / artist / hot rodder / surfer and community stalwart.
He is pictured (on the right) with Billy Gibbons of legendary rock band ZZ Top (on the left) when Billy visited him at Cafe 247 in Lucerne Valley, Mojave Desert, California
His spirit left this planet in 2023 to travel among the stars in search of adventure and Robopalooza honors his memory and thanks Al, his family and the entire Lucerne Valley community for embracing some crazy space roboticists that showed up one day in the Mojave Desert with a vision of having a space robotics festival inspired by Burning Man, Mad Max and the Apollo lunar missions!
LIVE BROADCAST ON YOUTUBE
We are all about Telepresence!
Join us from anywhere on Planet Earth
There will be a live broadcast with VJ Anna Metke of Space Resource Technologies to guide you through the Telepresence Competition, Space Robotics Demonstrations and Live Music!
Thank you to Cislune for providing Starlink internet connectivity in the Mojave Desert and broadcasting logistics.
This event is affiliated with the IEEE Telepresence Conference to be held on November 16,17, 2024 at Caltech University in Pasdena, California:
https://ieee-telepresence.org/ robot technology
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