2025

August 15th, 2025: Robo-AO-2 was awarded additional funding from the National Science Foundation. This funding will complete the full automation of Robo-AO-2 and be used to demonstrate new AO technologies and techniques, including command and performance evaluation of the new UH 2.2-m Adaptive Secondary Mirror (ASM), as well as innovative hybrid laser/stellar wavefront sensing techniques.

July 3rd, 2025: Graduate student Zach Werber successfully proposes his dissertation project: RASSCALS: Robotic AO Survey of Scorpius-Centaurus for Companions At Large Separations.

June 26th, 2025: Robo-AO-2’s host telescope, the UH2.2-m, has been recognized by the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) as an IEEE Milestone, a significant honor spotlighting innovations that changed the world.

June 13th, 2025: Congratulations to Robo-AO-2 graduate student Zach Werber, awarded a 2025 National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP) Award!

April 27th, 2025: Robo-AO-2 was awarded funding from the Mt. Cuba Astronomical Foundation. This funding will be used to integrate Robo-AO-2 with the UH2.2-m telescope’s new telescope control system (TCS), the new Robo88 robotic observatory, and full implementation of the near infrared camera.