European Rover Problem: The Finest Ones Will Go to Mars!

This September, 25 of the world’s greatest pupil groups will current their rovers in one of many elite robotics competitors finals – European Rover Problem.

Amongst them, on the biggest artificial Marsyard on the planet, we are going to see representations of 12 nations. The European Rover Problem 2023 program can even embody attention-grabbing interdisciplinary debates on house exploration and the chance to expertise state-of-the-art robotic options, in addition to to drive a rover and carry out a activity with it on the size of an actual Mars mission.

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The ERC 2023 jury tasked the individuals with necessities much like these offered by the biggest house companies. The groups offered a really excessive stage throughout the eliminations and ultimately, throughout the September finals of the competitors we are going to see representatives from as many as 12 nations: Switzerland, Greece, Czech Republic, India, Germany, Turkey, Italy, Bangladesh, Spain, Egypt, Nice Britain and Poland. The record of finalists opens with 5 groups:

1. AGH Area Programs (Poland) – 82,67 pts
2. STAR Dresden e.V. (Germany) – 81,75 pts
3. Crew DIANA (Italy) – 80,75 pts
4. Frankfurt Robotics Science Crew (Germany) – 79,75 pts
5. Challenge RED (Italy) – 79,50 pts

The Martian competitors just isn’t the one attraction ready for the guests of the occasion. The European Rover Problem 2023 program will embody attention-grabbing interdisciplinary debates on the survival of first astronauts in everlasting lunar bases, in addition to essential matters associated to the way forward for human settlement on the Crimson Planet and use of house applied sciences on Earth.

On the identical time, guests to the occasion will be capable of see trendy robotic options and drive a rover performing a activity resembling an actual Mars mission.

This yr’s audio system embody: Les Johnson, physicist, award-winning writer of science-fiction books and NASA technologist; Alessandro Golkar, professor at MIT and the Technical College of Munich – specialist in Nanosatellites and Satellite tv for pc Constellations, former Vice President and Head of the Concurrent Design Facility on the Airbus Company Know-how Workplace in Toulouse; Maria Antonietta Perino – Director of Area Financial system Exploration and Worldwide Community at Thales Alenia Area; Shelli Brunswick – Chief Working Officer of the Area Basis; Raphael Roettgen of E2MC Ventures, a enterprise capital fund supporting corporations within the house sector and Nico Dettmann – Group Chief for the Growth of Lunar Exploration Initiatives, within the Directorate of Manned and Robotic Exploration on the European Area Company’s European Analysis and Know-how Middle (ESTEC).

Due to broadcasts and social media protection, the ERC might be joined by audiences from all around the world. Final yr’s version of the occasion was attended by almost half one million folks from the farthest corners of the globe.

This yr, the competitors can be held from 15 to 17 September and, as in earlier years, it is going to be carried out in two formulation: on-site, through which robots constructed by the groups will participate, and a novel distant components through which rivals from all around the world will join remotely. The individuals of the distant components of the competitors can be introduced in August, after {qualifications}.

European Rover Problem is held underneath the patronage of the European Area Company and the Polish Area Company. The occasion has additionally been supported through the years by the presence of the astronauts of NASA and heads of robotics departments of ESA, representatives of the European Union Area Program Company EUSPA, in addition to worldwide organizations and house corporations.

The co-organizers of this yr’s ERC 2023 are the European Area Basis, Kielce College of Know-how and Swietokrzyskie Voivodeship. As soon as once more Kielce is the Host Metropolis of the occasion, and the occasion’s Companions are, amongst others: Mars Society Poland, Poznan College of Know-how, Polish Area Professionals Affiliation, Polish Area Business Affiliation, Pyramid Video games, Pokojowy Patrol and the American company MathWorks and RedWire.

The European Rover Problem mission is partially financed by the “Social Accountability of Science” program of the Minister of Schooling and Science.

All of the details about the occasion might be discovered at: https://roverchallenge.eu

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