Scorpio wins international competition rovers! – Rmf24.pl

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The team from the University of Technology won the first international competition Mars rovers in Podzamczu Chęciny in Kielce. The event lasted three dni.O victory fought ten teams of Polish, Egypt, India and Colombia. Students from Wroclaw won by łazikowi called Scorpio.

The winning Scorpio jeep

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Sampling of soil, access to the designated place, ride on time – here several tasks waiting for Mars rovers, which began competition in the international competition European Rover Challenge (ERC). The struggle will end on Sunday. read more

European Rover Challenge (ERC) is a competition aimed at students, graduates and faculty members. Participating teams must design and build a Mars rover. Lasting two days competition was conducted in Podzamczu Chęciny near Kielce. Competed in the ten teams of Polish, Egypt, India and Colombia.

The winner team of the Technical University of Wroclaw robot Scorpio. The prize winners received, among others, check for a thousand dollars.

The team already has a lot of experience, because in competitions Mars rovers, among others, at American University Rover Challenge competitions, competed four times already. Road to Sunday’s victory, however, was not easy.

While in the contest competed as the first, is the first competition did not bring them points, among others, because of problems with the compass and connectivity. However filed an appeal, which judges found. Re successful passage, added them enough confidence that quickly grew up on the favorite occupations. In subsequent competitions already coped without problems.

The whole year of hard work finally able to realize. Now we have to improve our jeep. These games have revealed several shortcomings. We will engage new team members to show some of its new applications – said after the results of a team member Jędrzej Mountain.

The second place team in the competition took the “Pulse” of the Kielce University of Technology. On the third ranked team from the University of Cairo “Lunar and Mars Rover Team”.

For the rovers that are involved in being played for the first time the competition, prepared a special track, reminiscent of the surface of Mars. Robots have taken part in three spectacular off-road competitions, among others, have only be reached with the help of GPS and compass to a designated place, cross the track on time, take a sample of soil.

The members of the teams when performing tasks not seen their jeeps and steered them remotely. Just like the real rovers on Mars. On each of the machines was placed in the camera, so the players can see everything and properly direct the rover.

In 2015, another edition of the European Rover Challenge, also held in Poland in the same place. The event is organized Mars Society Poland in cooperation with Planet PR agency, the Office of Marshal Świętokrzyskie and the Regional Centre for Science and Technology in Podzamczu k. Chęcin.

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