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An announcement from the\u00a0European Rover Challenge<\/a>:<\/p>\n

Mars rovers will invade Poland<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

The registration period for the European Rover Challenge 2014 is over \u2013 24 teams, from all over the world, have applied to step up to the Challenge. The main event will be held September 5th\u00a0to 7th, at the Regional Science-Technology Centre in Podzamcze near Ch\u0119ciny.<\/p>\n

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Egypt, India, Bangladesh, Australia, Colombia, Canada, the US and the UK will all have their representatives at the ERC. Poland will field teams from a number of Universities of Technology \u2013 Wroclaw, Kielce, Warsaw, Czestochowa, Lodz, Poznan, Lublin \u2013 as well as the West Pomeranian University of Technology in Szczecin, th AGH University of Science and Technology and the University of Technology and Life Sciences in Bydgoszcz.<\/p>\n

\u2018When we came out with the idea of organizing the ERC, we were aware events like this were in high demand, bet we weren\u2019t expecting that many teams to register.\u2019 \u2013 says \u0141ukasz Wilczy\u0144ski, a representative of Mars Society Polska, the ERC 2014 organizer. \u2018We are very happy that the roster is really international and has a strong Polish presence \u2013 a living proof of the high potential of Polish students and engineers.\u2019<\/p>\n

The ERC is a contest for teams of higher education students and recent graduates. Advised by the faculty, the teams must design and build analogues of Mars rovers, which will be presented to the Jury and take on four tasks simulating Mars exploration. Performance during the four field tasks and the jury presentation is scored and the rover with the highest total score is declared the Challenge winner.<\/p>\n

As part of the ERC 2014 event schedule, the Da Vinci Science Centre in Podzamcze near Ch\u0119ciny will also host the conference \u201cHumans in Space\u201d, to be attended by international experts from the space industry, medicine and other sciences, as well as various entrepreneurs. A two day long, open air science popularization festival is also planned on the Challenge grounds \u2013 on September 6th\u00a0and 7th\u00a0the challenge audience will have a chance to take part in numerous scientific workshops and presentations organized at the nearly Science Picnic<\/p>\n

Detailed information about ERC 2014, including a full list of registered teams, is available on the official event website:\u00a0www.roverchallenge.eu<\/a><\/p>\n

The event is organized by Mars Society Polska, in cooperation with Planet PR, the Marshal Office of the \u015awi\u0119tokrzyskie Voivodeship, and the Regional Science-Technology Centre in Podzamcze near Ch\u0119ciny. The Polish National Centre for Research and Development, the Polish Agency for Enterprise Development, Com Creation, Axis Communications, the Austrian Space Forum and ABM Space Education are event Partners. The Polish Ministry of Economy and the European Commission Representation in Poland have taken honorary patronage over the event.<\/p>\n

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An announcement from the\u00a0European Rover Challenge: Mars rovers will invade Poland The registration period for the European Rover Challenge 2014 is over \u2013 24 teams, from all over the world, have applied to step up to the Challenge. 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