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UNIVERSITY STUDENTS

PRODUCE UNMANNED ‘SPACE

EXPLORATION VEHICLE’

Students of the “Rov-
er Team” working in the
field of robotics at Gebze
Technical University (GTU)
produced a prototype of The space
an unmanned space ex- exploration
ploration vehicle that can
move over rough terrain vehicle,
and interfere with objects, designed and
taking samples from the
objects they encounter and prototyped by
analyzing them. Gebze Technical

With the vehicle they com- University
pleted in about 6 months, students in
the students who partic-
ipated in the European 6 months,
Rover Challenge, one of can move
the most prestigious space
and robotics competitions autonomously
held in Poland this year, over rough terrain
ranked 11th among 60
teams. and analyze
samples taken
The students, who continue
their work on the vehicle, from objects.
aim to get better grades
by participating in the
University Rover Challenge as “rover” are vehicles
competition to be held in designed to conduct scien-
the USA next year. tific research on different of the vehicle belongs to us. “Later, our ranking entation task. When we
planets, and they also One of its most distinctive dropped because we looked at the scoreboard,
Yunus Emre Eyüboğlu, the produced prototypes last features is that it can go couldn’t compete in some we could jump 3 places up
team leader and second year to participate in the from one place to another missions in the finals. This in the ranking even if we
year student of the Me- competitions held in this in a field by deciding on its is because we can’t take only entered the missions.”
chanical Engineering De- field. own. For example when we the batteries of our vehicle
partment, explained that start it from A and say ‘Go by plane. Therefore, we Referring to their short
the team was established Eyüboğlu said, “It is a ve- to C’, the vehicle avoids shipped the batteries. We and medium-term goals,
last year to work in the field hicle that can manipulate obstacles and creates its thought we would get them Eyüboğlu said, “Currently,
of robotics and participate objects with the robot arm own route. With the 6-axis when we went to Poland we want to participate in
in competitions. on it, then take soil samples robotic arm in front of it, it later, but when we went to the University Rover Chal-
and examine them, and can can manipulate the objects Poland, not even one per- lenge, which will be held in
Eyüboğlu stated that there drive autonomously.” encountered on the road. son at the customs spoke the USA next year. We can
are 35 members from When it comes across an English. We couldn’t agree compete in Poland again.
different departments in “SOFTWARE AND DESIGN interesting object, it takes it with the ones at the cus- Maybe we can all be part
the team, and there are BELONGS TO US” and analyzes it.” toms, so we sent the cargo. of a formation, a start-up,
5 sub-teams: electronics, We couldn’t compete in with the experience we
software, mechanics, sci- Eyüboğlu gave the follow- Eyüboğlu drew attention to technical duties because gained here.” used the
ence and promotion. ing information about the the fact that they entered our electronic components phrases.
features of the vehicle: the finals in the 6th place remained in customs. We
Eyüboğlu stated that the in the qualifying stage and got to the 11th place by
exploration vehicles known “The software and design said: only performing the pres-