Robot of the University of Bremen wins contest in Tenerife

Several European universities participated in a competition on the slopes of the highest peak in Spain, Teide, on Tenerife, Canary Islands. Lunar Robotics Challenge for the European Space Agency (ESA) for days together experts in robotics. Students had to construct a robot that meet certain requirements: ability to acquire samples of a similar lunar crater, not weigh more than 100 kg, consume no more than 2 kW and not have a capacity of more than 0.5 cubic meters. In addition, the robot must be operable from outside the crater, where there is no sight or in total darkness.

Eight universities were selected: Universität Bremen, Jacobs University, Polytechnic University of Madrid, Oulun Yliopisto, Univesitá Pisa Scuola Superiore Sant'a Anna, Surrey Space Center (University of Surrey) and Swiss Federal Institute of Technology.

The robot winner, Cesar (Robot Exploration Craters and Return of Samples), University of Bremen was the only one capable of completing the mission successfully.