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The University Rover Challenge (URC) is the world’s premier
robotics competition for college students. The URC has officially
kicked off its 2014 competition. This competition challenges
students to design and build the next generation of Mars rovers
which will one day work alongside astronauts on the Red Planet.
Teams spend the academic year designing, building and testing
their robotic creations. They will compete at the Mars Desert
Research Station (MDRS) in the remote, barren desert of southern Utah in late May, 2014. The challenge features multiple tasks,
including an Equipment Servicing Task that incorporates inflatable structures, and a more aggressive incarnation of the popular
Terrain Traversing Task.
URC is unique in the challenges that it presents to students.
Interdisciplinary teams will tackle robotics, engineering and field
science domains, while gaining real-world systems engineering
and project management experience. University teams interested in participating can view the URC2014 rules online. The
official registration process will open in early November; however
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