10 teams – not only from Europe, but also from Egypt, India or Colombia – took part in the competition. Tasks were the ones that rovers can expect in space. The vehicles had to go over hills and inclines, repair a broken-down device, transport cargo and collect a sample of ground. In all of these events, Scorpio left its rivals far behind.
The contest took place in the Regional Scientific & Technological Centre in Podzamcze Chęcińskie on the weekend. It was organised by Mars Society Polska in co-operation with the Planet PR agency, the Marshal’s Office of the Świętokrzyskie Province and the Regional Scientific & Technological Centre.
The second place was won by the Impuls rover from the Kielce University of Technology, and the third place was won by SSTLAB LUNAR & MARS ROVERS TEAM from Egypt. The next European Rover Challenge is to be held next year, also in Poland.
The Wroclaw rover was constructed by: Szymon Dzwończyk (Mechanical Engineering and Machine Building, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering), Dorota Budzyń (Control Engineering and Robotics, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering), Konrad Cop (Control Engineering and Robotics, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering), Agnieszka Rumińska (Biotechnology, Faculty of Biotechnology, Astronomy, Faculty of Physics and Astronomy, University of Wroclaw), Max Hayder (Electronics and Telecommunications, Faculty of Electronics), Bartłomiej Matuszkiewicz (Control Engineering and Robotics, Faculty of Electronics), Julia Marek (Optics, Faculty of Fundamental Problems of Technology), Dawid Bara (Control Engineering and Robotics, Faculty of Electronics) and Jędrzej Górski (doctoral student at the Faculty of Mechanical and Power Engineering).
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Photo: Wroclaw University of Technology
