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…
August 11th, 2022: Robo-AO-2 is at the UH2.2-m telescope on Maunakea. August 10th, 2022: The Robo-AO-2 instrument is now in its shipping crate - ready for a ride to the summit of Maunakea tomorrow! August 9th, 2022: Brian and Iven are building a custom shipping crate for the Robo-AO-2 instrument to ensure a smooth ride to the summit. August 9th,…
December 31st, 2021: The @BMCMirrors deformable mirror is now installed on the Robo-AO-2 carbon fiber bench. December 23rd, 2021: We're starting to assemble many of the Robo-AO-2 internal mechanical systems. Pictures are from yesterday and today in the lab. November 8th, 2021: The new tertiary mirror exchanger for the UH2.2m telescope is being assembled and tested at IfA Hilo today…
February 7th, 2020: Interested in a career in telescope/instrumentation project management? Join our team at the Hilo branch of the IfA. We're in the process of roboticizing the UH2.2-m telescope, building new AO systems and mirrors, and developing new detectors for NASA. January 16th, 2020: Our latest paper using data from Robo-AO at @KittPeakNatObs was just accepted. Led by former…
October 17th, 2018: We are also looking for a postdoc to act as project scientist for Robo-AO-2! Please see more details and apply at the link, forward to friends, or contact the team for more information. https://t.co/dB7Ot7ZiIi October 11th, 2018: The Robo-AO team is looking for a software specialist to help with Robo-AO and Robo-AO-2 in Hawaii. Please apply and/or…