The Canadians have dominated the podium in the second edition of the international Mars Rovers competition called the European Rover Challenge. The first place went to the University of Saskatchewan Space Design Team from Canada, followed by the Polish team from the Białystok University of Technology (#next team) and the Mc Gill University Team from Montreal.
The event is held under Link to Poland’s media patronage.
This year almost 40 teams from twelve countries have a chance to compete in the second edition of the European Rover Challenge, an international competition of Mars robots which will take place in Podzamcze near Kielce. Among the competitors there are: the American Yale University, multiple laureates of the American edition of the competition from the Białystok University of Technology or the last year laureates of ERC from the Kielce University of Technology and the Cairo University. The competition will be judged by experts from the European Space Agency.
The event is held under Link to Poland’s media patronage.
The first edition of European Rover Challenge has just finished! Link to Poland was there and we did a few interesting interviews with contestants and organisers. Today we present:
Łukasz Wilczyński – the ERC organiser, manager of Planet PR Agency and Mars Society Polska spokesman. He tells us about the aim behind creating ERC, his plans and making dreams come true
Robots built by students from Egypt, India, Columbia and Poland faced off in 2-days competition held between September 5th to 7th, at the Regional Science-Technology Centre in Podzamcze near Chęciny. The winner of the competition is the Mars rover Scorpio from the Wrocław University of Technology.
The event was held under Link to Poland’s media patronage.
Project “Touch the Mars” – www.dotknijmarsa.pl the only one in Poland, has started! Its aim is to fulfill the dreams of a blind girl who wants to see the space on her own hands. However, to make it possible, we need your commitment.
