A Google Lunar X PRIZE MINDSTORMS Challenge 2012

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Form a team, design a robot, solve the challenge, and be part of the Google Lunar X PRIZE race to the Moon with LEGO® MINDSTORMS®!

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XPRIZE After Earth Challenge

04.25.13

X PRIZE is launching a very special contest, separate from Moonbots 2014, to celebrate the new summer blockbuster "After Earth." Be sure to check out The X PRIZE After Earth Challenge to win a bunch of cool and exciting prizes!

It will be a fun competition that Moonbots Teams can participate in to keep their skills sharp while waiting for Moonbots 2014!

go here: http://xprizeafterearth.com/

Team Spotlight

HungaroBots

Our team comes from a small town Sopron, Hungary. We are 16-17 years old, all of us are interested in IT, math and science so in the future we want to become engineers or programmers. We began learning in Széchenyi István Grammar School in 2008. In our school there is a course in robotics where students build and program robots from LEGO MINDSTORMS kits and have been the members of t...

The Incredibots

We are a virtual team with members from the FLL Ohio and FLL New Hampshire state champion teams, ranging in age from 10 to 14 years old. We first met as competitors at a national science competition (Christopher Columbus Awards), where we realized that we shared the same passion for robotics, science and engineering. When we learned about MoonBots 2012, we decided to work together as a single team...

Team Apollo 19

Team Apollo 19 is comprised of four 6th graders and one 8th grader who attend a charter school in Escondido, CA. Each of us has a fascination with science and technology, and this interest has inspired us to compete in the MoonBots 2012 Challenge. Brianna is the only team member with significant robotics experience. She competed in last year's FIRST LEGO League Food Factor Challenge. She also...

Titanium Springboks

The Titanium Springboks is a team from South Africa. We have three team members, Shana, Ian and Bernard. We were members of a 2011 FLL team and decided to regroup for the Google Lunar X PRIZE Moonbots Challenge. Our FLL team in 2011 came third in the South African National FLL competition and we were invited to compete in the 2012 Open International Championship held in Florida, USA. Our Team, Sup...

Latest News

MoonBots 2012 Winner Announcement

12.11.12

And the Winners for MoonBots 2012 Are............

Grand PRIZE - HungaroBots (Sopron, Hungary)

1st Runner Up - Incredibots (Columbus, Ohio)

2nd Runner Up - Apollo 19 (Escondido, California)

3rd Runner Up - Titanium Springboks (Pretoria, South Africa)

Congratulate all of the teams for their hard work throughout the competition. The Partners of the MoonBots Challenge really enjoyed all of the teams' enthusiasm and dedication.

We would also like to announce some Special Recognition Awards to the MoonBots 2012 finalist teams: