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What happens next?
Currently, VelcroSat is in the phase of proving the concept
of catching debris in space using a small cube satellite. We will build a small
satellite that is capable of commuting, sensing, catching, and maneuvering. A
lot of things need to be considered for such small satellite. For just proving
the ideas, we started to build a big robot using VEX framework, ultrasonic
sensors and an arduino board. Yes, we all know that ultrasonic sensor will not
work in space, but remember we are still on the ground. This will give us a
tremendous amount of ideas to perfect the CubeSat. After we do multiple tests
to see that the concept is plausible, we will start to use different sensors and
make the robot smaller. We won’t stop there because it’s just robot; our goal
is to build a satellite. By the time we reach the final version of the robot,
it will be a fully functional satellite with on board tools that will help us
reach our goal: catching space debris.
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