Amrita students progress in rover challenge competition

May 11, 2015 12:00 am | Updated 05:34 am IST - COIMBATORE:

Amrita University students, who constitute ‘The Rover Boyz’ team, have made progress in the international competition to design and build a Mars rover.

According to a release from the institution, the students have cleared the ‘Critical Design Review Stage’ of the University Rover Challenge and will compete in the final competition, to be held from May 28 to 30 at the Mars Desert Research Station, Utah, US.

The students’ team is one among the 23 selected from the 44 teams from eight countries.

The competition judges reviewed technical reports and video submissions from each of the teams that passed the Test Proposal round, the press release added.

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