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At the Crossroads of Global Conversations

Situated at the heart of Europe, Poland is rapidly becoming a central hub for geopolitical, economic, and business discussions. Its vibrant conference and event...

Hydrogen Bolide

Students from Kraków University of Technology have started tests of a bolide containing a hybrid hydrogen-electric engine. It was engineered in four months by...

Underground EV Chargers

Łukasiewicz-Poznań Institute of Technology (Łukasiewicz-PIT) is preparing to start testing its new underground car charging station for electric vehicles (EVs) in April 2025. The...

Respect and Connection

Britta Kutz, Area General Manager in IHG Hotels & Resorts in Poland and General Manager at the InterContinental Warsaw, has been living here for...

Codec Master: Ewa Karczewicz

These days, everyone is familiar with all kinds of video streaming, like films, meetings, conferences, and pay-per-view services, all of which require fast data...

US Planetary Champion From Kraków

Student team AGH Space Systems from AGH University of Science and Technology (Kraków) and their planetary rover Kalman won the international rover competition in the United States, the University Rover Challenge (URC). The second Polish team with Scorpio rover from Wrocław University of Science and Technology was 13th. During 3-day challenge AGH scored 392.76 points surpassing US teams: Team Mountaineers (391.80 points) and BYU Mars Rover (374.24). AGH have already been victorious in many earlier international competitions. In 2023 they won the European Rover Challenge in Kielce (Poland) and the Canadian International Rover Challenge in Drumheller.

The University Rover Challenge is a prestigious event organized at Mars Desert Research Station in Utah in cooperation with space scientists, including NASA. It consists of various tasks corresponding to real challenges faced by rovers on Mars. This year it was attended by 102 teams from 15 countries around the world, including 38 finalists from 10 countries: Australia, Bangladesh, Canada, Colombia, Japan, India, Mexico, Poland, Turkey and USA. Teams from Polish universities have been competing in URC since 2009 and have achieved numerous successes. The first one was in 2011, when Magma2 rover built at Bialystok University of Technology won the first place.

Marek Gizmajer
Marek Gizmajer
High-tech journalist
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