Radiosonde Recovery
Autonomous GPS-based robot that recovers instruments sent to near-orbit altitudes.
Warren Jackson, SEAS BSE'08 MSE'08
PennVention 2007 Grand Prize Winner
Won Bresslergroup Best Product Concept Award
Won Lowenstein Sandler PC Legal Mentoring Award
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Chris Thorne, Kevin Galloway,
Warren Jackson (SEAS BSE'08 MSE'08),
Bill Mather
Less than 20% of radiosonde devices sent up on weather balloons are recovered. To date there is not a sufficient and economical equipment recovery system for research groups such as the National Weather Service. Warren Jackson developed an idea for an autonomous GPS based robot that could retrieve objects sent to near-orbit altitudes, and in 2006, he received the Jacob M. Abel Summer Internship to work on it. He met serial inventor, Kevin Galloway, through their mutual advisor Professor Mark Yim, and brought on Chris Thorne and Bill Mather for their experience with robotic aerial vehicles. Radiosonde Recovery was recently awarded a Weiss Tech House Innovation Fund grant to develop their second prototype. The team plans to conduct testing in June.
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