Solar-powered robot

March 12, 2011

University Relations

UAF electrical engineering student Matthew Anctil poses with a student-built solar-powered robot. The robot was designed to travel by itself across all of Greenland, taking measurements and collecting data along the way. The students received a grant from NASA to help build it, almost all of which went into purchasing solar panels. Anctil and other students on the team are now exploring funding sources to finish the robot and required instrumentation.