Space Teams University:
Mars Autonomous Rover Rally Design Challenge
A University-level design/coding competition
Applications Due October 17
Team Qualifications
- 1-10 University Undergraduates and/or Graduate Students in STEM fields
- Complete team application form below
- A designated Team Leader/contact
- A designated Faculty Advisor/contact
Mars Autonomous Rover Rally Design Challenge
- Your mission is to explore the Kaiser Crater in the Martian Noachis Terra region for future habitability and in-situ resource utilization (ISRU). Your rover is equipped with core drilling and sampling equipment as well as the necessary sensors for autonomous navigation. The crew does the science work at each site, but the rover needs to safely and efficiently deliver the crew and equipment to each site autonomously.
- The terrain is hazardous and combined with the low gravity and possible poor visibility during dust storms, your rover and mission could fail due to an unfortunate accident.
- Your mission planning strategy and autonomous driving algorithms will utilize the powerful and well-known Robotic Operating System (ROS). The high-fidelity Mars environment, rover dynamics, and mission evolution will be provided by Space Teams PRO. In combination, ROS and ST PRO enable you to develop, test, and refine robotic mission concepts in a high-fidelity, physics-based environment
- Scholarship cash prizes for Top Teams
| Key Dates | |
| October 17 | Application Deadline |
| October 20 | Webcast Kickoff |
| Oct 27 | Support Webcast |
| Nov 3 | Support Webcast |
| November 7 | Finals Qualification Submission |
| November 10 | Support Webcast |
| Nov 17 | Support Webcast |
| November 21 | Final Submission |
| December 5 | Winners Announced |
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