{"id":6679,"date":"2014-02-27T17:03:48","date_gmt":"2014-02-27T17:03:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=6679"},"modified":"2014-02-27T17:03:48","modified_gmt":"2014-02-27T17:03:48","slug":"european-rover-challenge-2014","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=6679","title":{"rendered":"European Rover Challenge 2014"},"content":{"rendered":"

Here’s an announcement from PlanetPR<\/a>:<\/p>\n

European Rover Challenge 2014<\/strong><\/p>\n

Europe approaching Mars<\/em><\/p>\n

The European Rover Challenge 2014, an international Mars rover contest, will be held in Poland in September. It will be accompanied by a Convention attended by world class space researchers, as well as a Science Picnic. The trio of events is hosted together thanks to the hospitality of the \u015awi\u0119tokrzyskie Voivodeship.<\/em><\/p>\n

The hosting of ERC 2014 in Poland was first announced in autumn, at the European Mars Society Convention in Paris. The Challenge will be held at the Regional Science-Technology Centre in Podzamcze (near Ch\u0119ciny), from September 5th<\/sup> to 7th<\/sup>. Detailed information can be found on the Challenge website: www.roverchallenge.eu<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\"ERC2014\"<\/a><\/p>\n

\u201cSimultaneously with the Challenge, we\u2019ll host an European Mars Conference on the topic \u2018Humans in Space\u2019, intended for experts who share the vision of a manned flight to Mars, as well as for other professionals (e.g. members of the space industry, the medical industry, academics from other fields), and entrepreneurs. Everyone will also have a chance to see many different experiments and scientific demonstrations in the tents of the nearby Science Picnic. There\u2019ll be something for audiences of all ages and tastes.\u201d \u2013 says Mateusz J\u00f3zefowicz, Chairman of Mars Society Polska, the ERC organizers.<\/p>\n

The main event, the Challenge involving analogues of Mars rovers, is a competition for teams of students and recent graduates of higher education institutions, who, with the help of their faculty, try to first design and build and then, in September, field the best rover. The core of the Challenge are four practical tasks: a science task involving obtaining and analyzing samples, a \u201cblind\u201d navigation task, in which the team will have to guide the rover to a certain destination using just GPS coordinates and no camera input, and two engineering tasks that will require using and repairing equipment. During all of the tasks, the teams will have to control their rovers without seeing them directly.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe ERC is a European variation of the prestigious University Rover Challenge, organized in the USA by The Mars Society \u2013 a contest that has seen a number of successful Polish teams.\u201d \u2013 explains Adam Jarubas, the Marshall of the \u015awi\u0119tokrzyskie Voivodeship. \u201cWe are very happy that this year the students can compete in Poland, at our Regional Science-Technology Centre. The project fits right into our Regional Innovation Strategy.\u201d \u2013 he adds.<\/p>\n

The European Rover Challenge 2014 is organized by Mars Society Polska, in cooperation with Planet PR, the Marshal Office of the \u015awi\u0119tokrzyskie Voivodeship, the Regional Science-Technology Centre in Podzamcze near Ch\u0119ciny,\u00a0 ABM Space Education, and the Austrian Space Forum.<\/p>\n

\"ERC<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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. It will be accompanied by a Convention attended by world class space researchers, as well as a Science Picnic. 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