The Florida Space Institute is proud to be hosting the 2025 NASA Lunabotics Qualification Challenge from May 15-18th at the Exolith® Lab. The NASA Lunabotics Challenge is a cutting-edge event that brings together talented university teams from across the country to develop and deploy robots capable of utilizing lunar regolith in a simulated lunar environment.
To Download the 2025 Lunabotics Guidebook, Follow the Download Link Below:
Copy The Link Below to join the 2025 Lunabotics Slack Group Below:
https://join.slack.com/t/ucflunabotics2025/shared_invite/zt-2pd3fbup3-jAV8_5lnwKJCSJEoSWCCLg
For any questions about the event, please contact lunabotics@ucf.edu.
regolith test bin
The Florida Space Institute, partnering with Exolith® Labs, have built what is now the largest known Lunar Highland Regolith Test Bin in which the competition will take place.
A large-scale regolith bin offers:
- Accurate Lunar mineralogy and topography including wider ranges of coarse Anorthosite and Basalt.
- ISRU mining capability
- Gravity offloading to match Lunar Gravity
Become a sponsor
As a sponsor, your company will have a unique opportunity to align with the forefront of technological innovation, space exploration, and sustainability efforts. Join our sponsors who are taking their part to further space research and engineering.
More information about sponsorship information will be available soon. For any questions on how to become a sponsor, please email lunabotics@ucf.edu
Lunabotics Challenge Travel Information
The competition will be held at the UCF Exolith® Lab, located at:
532 S Econ Cir Suite 100, Oviedo, FL
HOTELS NEAR THE UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA:
The Celeste (Marriot) Orlando East
La Quinta Inn & Suites by Wyndham Orlando
Courtyard by Marriott Orlando East / UCF Area
Doubletree by Hilton Orlando East / UCF Area
Hampton Inn & Suites Orlando East / UCF
Residence Inn by Marriot Orlando East / UCF
