{"id":6562,"date":"2014-02-19T21:02:31","date_gmt":"2014-02-19T21:02:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=6562"},"modified":"2014-02-19T21:02:31","modified_gmt":"2014-02-19T21:02:31","slug":"31-student-teams-to-compete-in-mars-societys-university-rover-challenge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=6562","title":{"rendered":"31 student teams to compete in Mars Society’s University Rover Challenge"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Mars Society<\/a> gets a good response to their\u00a0University Rover Challenge<\/a>\u00a0contest:<\/p>\n

URC Registration Sets New Record with 31 Student Teams Set to Compete<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

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The Mars Society is pleased to announce that\u00a031 student teams from six countries and four continents\u00a0have officially registered for the 2014\u00a0University Rover Challenge<\/a>\u00a0(URC), setting a new participation record for the annual international rover competition. Countries represented this year include the United States, India, Egypt, Poland, Canada and Bangladesh.<\/p>\n

A sampling of some of the participating universities include: Cornell University, Warsaw University of Technology, Yale University, Cairo University, Cz\u0119stochowa University of Technology, University of Michigan, Military Institute of Science & Technology and York University. To view the full list of schools involved in the URC, please\u00a0click here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Scheduled for May 29-31, 2014, the URC is the world’s premier robotics competition for college students.\u00a0 Held annually in the desert of southern Utah, URC challenges student teams to design and build the next generation of Mars rovers that will one day work alongside astronauts exploring the Red Planet. Launched in 2006, the URC consistently draws an international field of the most talented and promising science, engineering and computer science students.<\/p>\n

“In 2013, we shattered every previous URC milestone and had our winning team from Bialystok University of Technology score an almost unthinkable 493 points out of 500.\u00a0 For 2014 our registered field has more than doubled over last year, and we are eager to welcome many new teams to the competition.\u00a0 Everybody involved in the competition is getting excited. 2014 is going to be an incredible year for URC!”, said URC Director Kevin Sloan.<\/p>\n

To view regular updates about the URC competition, please visit our\u00a0web site<\/a>\u00a0or\u00a0Facebook page<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Mars Society gets a good response to their\u00a0University Rover Challenge\u00a0contest: URC Registration Sets New Record with 31 Student Teams Set to Compete The Mars Society is pleased to announce that\u00a031 student teams from six countries and four continents\u00a0have officially registered for the 2014\u00a0University Rover Challenge\u00a0(URC), setting a new participation record for the annual international … Continue reading 31 student teams to compete in Mars Society’s University Rover Challenge<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,16,14],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6562","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-activism","category-contests-and-games","category-space-participation"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p34aWK-1HQ","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":8055,"url":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=8055","url_meta":{"origin":6562,"position":0},"title":"Polish team wins Mars Society Rover Challenge for second time","author":"TopSpacer","date":"June 8, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"Kevin Sloan of the Mars Society talked last Friday about the\u00a02014 University Rover Challenge\u00a0held at the end of May with 21 teams competing:\u00a0Kevin Sloan, Friday, 6-6-14 -\u00a0Thespaceshow's\u00a0Blog http:\/\/archived.thespaceshow.com\/shows\/2257-BWB-2014-06-06.mp3 More about the event: Polish Teams Once Again Dominate at the University Rover Challenge - Astronomy and Space News University Rover Challenge\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Activism"","block_context":{"text":"Activism","link":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?cat=3"},"img":{"alt_text":"URC 2014 Final group photo","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/URC-2014-Final-group-photo.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":6679,"url":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=6679","url_meta":{"origin":6562,"position":1},"title":"European Rover Challenge 2014","author":"TopSpacer","date":"February 27, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"Here's an announcement from PlanetPR: European Rover Challenge 2014 Europe approaching Mars The European Rover Challenge 2014, an international Mars rover contest, will be held in Poland in September. 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