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Polish students among winners of Mars rover competition

09.09.2024 15:00
A Polish university team has been named among the winners of the 2024 European Rover Challenge, a prestigious international competition for Mars rovers in southern Poland.
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A Polish university team has been named among the winners of the 2024 European Rover Challenge, a prestigious international competition for Mars rovers in Kraków, southern Poland.
A Polish university team has been named among the winners of the 2024 European Rover Challenge, a prestigious international competition for Mars rovers in Kraków, southern Poland.Photo: PAP/Łukasz Gągulski

Held in the historic city of Kraków from Friday to Sunday, the competition saw the local AGH Space Systems team finishing runners-up overall.

The Polish students, hailing from the AGH University of Technology in Kraków, the largest technical academy in the country, beat their peers from Turkey and came second only to Switzerland’s FHNW Rover Team.

The ERC is the European version of the University Rover Challenge taking place in the United States.

The event was first organised in 2014 and last weekend it celebrated its 10th edition.

Radio Poland's Michał Owczarek has more.

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