{"id":195029,"date":"2024-04-07T08:00:23","date_gmt":"2024-04-07T18:00:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/?p=195029"},"modified":"2024-04-07T18:32:04","modified_gmt":"2024-04-08T04:32:04","slug":"university-rover-challenge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2024\/04\/07\/university-rover-challenge\/","title":{"rendered":"Mars or bust! <abbr>UH<\/abbr> students\u2019 robot design heads to international showdown"},"content":{"rendered":"<span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Reading time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> 2<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minutes<\/span><\/span><div class=\"responsive-video-wrap-post\"><figure class=\"wp-block-embed wp-block-embed-youtube is-type-video is-provider-youtube epyt-figure\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\"><div class=\"epyt-video-wrapper\"><iframe  id=\"_ytid_52356\"  width=\"676\" height=\"380\"  data-origwidth=\"676\" data-origheight=\"380\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/_gIbPWWmTOs?enablejsapi=1&origin=https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu&rel=0&autoplay=0&cc_load_policy=0&cc_lang_pref=&iv_load_policy=1&loop=0&fs=1&playsinline=0&autohide=2&theme=dark&color=red&controls=1&disablekb=0&\" class=\"__youtube_prefs__  no-lazyload\" title=\"Mars or bust! Â鶹´«Ã½students\u2019 robot design heads to international showdown\"  allow=\"fullscreen; accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen data-no-lazy=\"1\" data-skipgform_ajax_framebjll=\"\"><\/iframe><\/div><\/div><\/figure><\/div>\n<p>A team of undergraduate students from the University of <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> at M\u0101noa is one step closer to a potential deployment of its robotic rover to explore Mars.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/manoa-engineering-mars-rover-challenge-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"small rover type machine\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-195034\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/manoa-engineering-mars-rover-challenge-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/manoa-engineering-mars-rover-challenge-130x73.jpg 130w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/manoa-engineering-mars-rover-challenge.jpg 676w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Team Robotic Space Exploration&rdquo; (Team <abbr>RoSE<\/abbr>) is headed to Utah in late May to compete in the <a href=\"https:\/\/urc.marssociety.org\/home\">University Rover Challenge<\/a>&#8212;the world&#8217;s premier robotics competition for college students.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The team was in awe of the results, but is greatly motivated to improve upon our designs to be prepared for competition in Utah,&rdquo; said lead systems integrator and <a href=\"https:\/\/me.hawaii.edu\/\">mechanical engineering<\/a> student Jack Saito. &ldquo;With less than 60 days left, the team is hoping to guarantee the success of our systems and eliminate any risks with thorough and persistent testing.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>After submitting a preliminary design and system acceptance review, the group was one of 38 teams selected to participate in the final round. More than 100 teams entered the competition.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The entire team was ecstatic with the results knowing all the hard work and dedication had paid off; including all members from the past three years,&rdquo; said project manager and mechanical engineering student Micah Chang. &ldquo;It\u2019s a great privilege for Team <abbr>RoSE<\/abbr> to participate in this magnificent event, and the team is excited for this opportunity to interact with peers and professionals from around the globe.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<h2>Mission to Mars<\/h2>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/manoa-engineering-mars-rover-challenge2-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"small rover type machine\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-195035\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/manoa-engineering-mars-rover-challenge2-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/manoa-engineering-mars-rover-challenge2-130x73.jpg 130w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/manoa-engineering-mars-rover-challenge2.jpg 676w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The University Rover Challenge challenges teams to design and build the next generation of Mars rovers that may one day work alongside astronauts exploring the Red Planet.<\/p>\n<p>Rovers will compete in four missions:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Science mission to investigate a site for the presence of life<\/li>\n<li>Delivery mission to deliver a variety of objects to astronauts in the field across rugged terrain<\/li>\n<li>Equipment servicing mission to perform dexterous operations on a mock lander using a robotic arm<\/li>\n<li>Autonomous navigation mission to autonomously travel to a series of locations<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&ldquo;I\u2019m so incredibly proud and impressed by the achievements of this highly motivated group of students,&rdquo; said Frances Zhu, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.higp.hawaii.edu\/\"><span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> Institute of Geophysics and Planetology<\/a> assistant researcher and the team\u2019s advisor. &ldquo;This undergraduate team formed just three years ago during the pandemic and now they are competing on the international stage.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;This is the third time our <abbr title=\"University of Hawaii\">UH<\/abbr> M\u0101noa team has entered this very prestigious competition and the first time they were selected,&rdquo; said Trevor Sorensen, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.hsfl.hawaii.edu\/\"><span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> Space Flight Laboratory<\/a> specialist\/project manager and the team\u2019s advisor. &ldquo;Their teamwork and engineering skills are very impressive and I believed that this team would succeed. Go \u2018Bows!&rdquo;<\/p>\n<h2><abbr title=\"Vertically Integrated Project\">VIP<\/abbr> project<\/h2>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/manoa-engineering-mars-rover-challenge4-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"small rover type machine\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-195036\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/manoa-engineering-mars-rover-challenge4-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/manoa-engineering-mars-rover-challenge4-130x73.jpg 130w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/manoa-engineering-mars-rover-challenge4.jpg 676w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/manoa.hawaii.edu\/uh-vip\/project\/robotic-space-exploration-rose-vip\/\">Team <abbr>RoSE<\/abbr><\/a> is one of approximately 20 <a href=\"https:\/\/manoa.hawaii.edu\/uh-vip\/vip-teams\/\">Vertically Integrated Projects<\/a> (<abbr>VIP<\/abbr>) at <abbr>UH<\/abbr> M\u0101noa, which seek to foster long-term, in-depth, project-based learning to engage students and better prepare them for future careers. It consists of a faculty mentor, graduate student researchers and undergraduates.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Robotic Space Exploration is an ideal example of a <abbr>VIP<\/abbr> team,&rdquo; said Aaron Ohta, <a href=\"https:\/\/ee.hawaii.edu\/home\/\">Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering<\/a> professor and <abbr>VIP<\/abbr> program director. &ldquo;They are a multidisciplinary group of extremely talented and motivated students. This impressive accomplishment is a testament to their hard work and dedication.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;This is why we encourage all our students to participate in <abbr>VIP<\/abbr>,&rdquo; said College of Engineering Dean Brennon Morioka. &ldquo;It exposes them to all the skill sets they will need in their careers and life&#8212;from the technical know-how to working with others to public speaking and leadership qualities.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&#8212;By <em>Marc Arakaki<\/em><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/manoa-engineering-mars-rover-challenge3.jpg\" alt=\"small rover type machine\" width=\"676\" height=\"381\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-195033\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/manoa-engineering-mars-rover-challenge3.jpg 676w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/manoa-engineering-mars-rover-challenge3-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/manoa-engineering-mars-rover-challenge3-130x73.jpg 130w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 676px) 100vw, 676px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The University Rover Challenge challenges teams to design and build the next generation of Mars rovers that may one day work alongside astronauts exploring the Red Planet.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[25,12],"tags":[179,1592,182,170,406,1466,1467,1496,835,174,1476,660,9,56],"class_list":["post-195029","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-academic-news","category-video","tag-college-of-engineering","tag-electrical-and-computer-engineering","tag-engineering","tag-hawaii-institute-of-geophysics-and-planetology","tag-hawaii-space-flight-laboratory","tag-manoa-enhancing-student-success","tag-manoa-excellence-in-research","tag-mechanical-engineering","tag-planetology","tag-space","tag-student-organization","tag-student-recognition","tag-uh-manoa","tag-video-2","entry","has-media"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/195029","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/16"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=195029"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/195029\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":195040,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/195029\/revisions\/195040"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=195029"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=195029"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=195029"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}