AI-assisted design · NASA Goddard
Lunar Sample Collection Container
Designed as part of the 2023 Power Source Summit Challenge. Attendees were challenged to give a group of engineers and scientists from NASA Goddard requirements for a sample collection container that could hold the sample vessel, be manipulated by a robot or a human, and meet a myriad of other requirements. We demonstrated that we could go from requirements to parts in less than 36 hours.
- Requirements to part
- < 36 hr
- Material
- 6061-T6
- Process
- CNC
Machined through ProtoLabs' NASA partnership. Read more at Protolabs.
Second view
The generatively designed frame around the sample vessel, machined from a single billet. Grip features for both a robotic end effector and a gloved hand.
Requirements on Monday, hardware by Wednesday?
That's the cycle this part was built on. One form, one reply from an engineer.