Taprobane 1.0 Sri Lankan Mars Rover
The fact that he is the first Sri Lankan to lead a Mars Rover Team is significant. The team is
going to design a rover named “Thaprobane 1.0” which will be contested in the Indian Rover
Challenge 2020. This will be a great achievement in the Sri Lankan history of Science and it is
our pride to have Kasuntha Madumal leading the entire team as an undergraduate of our
faculty.
Chathurangi Edussuriya of the Department of Computer Engineering became the top in
the world by winning the Construction Industry Solutions Limited (COINS) Grand challenge in
the undergraduate category bringing fame to University of Peradeniya. The competition was
held on the 12th of June 2019 in Manchester, UK under the two categories; professional and student.
She competed under the student category.
Six finalists were invited to the UK from each category with the shortlisted ideas ranging
from carbon negative building materials to autonomous land surveying marking drones. Teams
from Edinburg, Chicago, St. Carlo, and India participated in this competition while Chathurangi
conquered the
first place after
competing with
participants from
across the world.
The award ceremony
was held at the
Imperial War Museum,
North Salford
Quays in Manchester,
UK. Her
solution was focused
on the construction
industry
where the field soil
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