Cash soil samples, access to the designated place, ride on time – here are some tasks waiting for the Mars rovers, which began competing in the international competition European Rover Challenge (ERC). The struggle will end on Sunday.
For the rovers, which involved in being played for the first time the competition, prepared a special track, reminiscent of the surface of Mars. It is located in Podzamczu Chęciny near Kielce.
We wanted to color the surface of Mars. About 80 trucks zwoziło this place special ground. It is perhaps even more red than on the Mars – said Lukasz Wilczynski of the organizing Mars Society Poland. This brought the land is weathered dolomite, which very well reflects the color and texture of the surface of Mars.
Martian surface reconstruction specialists also helped with, among others, the Space Research Centre of the Polish Academy of Sciences. Scientists They laid the track to compete using the map the surface of Mars.
Although the competition was originally signed up 17 teams, with the visa several reasons for competitions not have arrived. Finally, on Saturday declared their readiness to start nine teams. Among them – in addition to the bands of Polish – players from Egypt, Colombia, India.
Actually, I wanted to take part in the competition University Rover Challenge, which take place in the United States, but it was too late. We looked so little, we saw that are the same competitions in Europe and we are – Hayden Liu said team Robocol Team representing the Universidad de los Andes of Colombia’s Bogota.
He admitted that although his team came to the event in order to win, after meeting the other teams and prepared rovers his teammates started a bit nervous.
Jeeps are involved in four spectacular off-road competitions. Team members while performing the tasks they do not see their jeeps and control them remotely. Just like the real rovers on Mars. On each of the machines is a camera, so the players can see everything and properly direct the rover.
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