Spring time at Kennedy Space Center = robots! NASA #Swarmathon and Robotic Mining Competition @Swarmathon @NASARMC @SpaceFlorida

April/May is competition season in Florida with a gambit of activities surrounding the end of the school year for most colleges and universities. Two of these competitions were hosted by +NASA Kennedy at the +Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex: NASA Swarmathon and +NASA Robotic Mining Competition. Below are a few highlights from my experience as a Robot Wrangler and Mining Judge on behalf of Space Florida, but be sure to check out the competition websites for more information on how to get involved.

• NASA Swarmathon: nasaswarmathon.com
• NASA Robotic Mining Competition: nasa.gov/nasarmc

Say nice things to your robot. The Forth Law of Robotics?

NASA's International Space Apps Challenge 2016 Summary on behalf of Space Florida #SpaceApps

NASA's +International Space Apps Challenge is a global hackathon that brings talented minds together across the planet for 48-72 hours to help solve space related challenges designed by space industry professionals (2016 URL). During the past two years I have been able to create two challenges on Space Florida's behalf, "Fit as a MOoSE: Metabolic Observations of Space Explorers" in 2015 and "Book it to the Moon" in 2016.