MARS ROVER MANIPAL
 

Mars Rover Manipal is a student team of engineering undergraduate students striving to explore and contribute to the field of robotics and its applications in interplanetary missions. Initiated in October 2014, Mars Rover Manipal strives to achieve excellence while staying true to its motto ‘Design to Discover’.

Some of their past achievements include:

• 8^th position worldwide and 1^st position in Asia out of 82 teams from across the globe at University Rover Challenge 2017
• 1^st position in Science Cache Task and 2^nd  position in Critical Design Review at University Rover Challenge 2017
• 13th position worldwide out of 63 teams from across the globe in University Rover Challenge 2016

The team consists of 25 members divided into five subsystems namely Mechanical, Artificial Intelligence, Electronics, Management and Science Cache. Primary objective of the team is building a Rover for University Rover Challenge (http://urc.marssociety.org/) which is the world's premier robotics competition for college students. 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. The team is currently engaged in building a mars rover to compete at University Rover Challenge 2018 to be held at Mars Desert Research Station, Hanksville, Utah, USA.

Faculty Advisor: Dr Y. S. Upadhyaya (ys.upadhyaya@manipal.edu)

For updated information, visit www.marsrovermanipal.com