{"id":19168,"date":"2024-09-12T21:13:03","date_gmt":"2024-09-12T20:13:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ukseds.org\/ignition\/?page_id=19168"},"modified":"2024-09-14T13:20:40","modified_gmt":"2024-09-14T12:20:40","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/ukseds.org\/ignition\/competitions\/olympus-rover-trials\/about\/","title":{"rendered":"About"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"19168\" class=\"elementor elementor-19168\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"has_eae_slider elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-75360111 elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-eae-slider=\"77961\" data-id=\"75360111\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container 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elementor-size-sm\" href=\"https:\/\/www.eventbrite.co.uk\/o\/ukseds-competitions-92463615083\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">Registration<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"has_eae_slider elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-02eea10 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-eae-slider=\"66456\" data-id=\"02eea10\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"has_eae_slider elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-7957392\" data-eae-slider=\"69358\" data-id=\"7957392\" 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data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;slideshow&quot;,&quot;background_slideshow_gallery&quot;:[{&quot;id&quot;:19308,&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/ukseds.org\\\/ignition\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2024\\\/09\\\/53968628598_e574d687a8_o.png&quot;}],&quot;background_slideshow_loop&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;,&quot;background_slideshow_slide_duration&quot;:5000,&quot;background_slideshow_slide_transition&quot;:&quot;fade&quot;,&quot;background_slideshow_transition_duration&quot;:500}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"has_eae_slider elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-1e103da\" data-eae-slider=\"93230\" data-id=\"1e103da\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ee649dc elementor-invisible elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"ee649dc\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInUp&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">About<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"has_eae_slider elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-d636ad3 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-eae-slider=\"15655\" data-id=\"d636ad3\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"has_eae_slider elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-4a05548\" data-eae-slider=\"24175\" data-id=\"4a05548\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-21c58f5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"21c58f5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Overview<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c12a038 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"c12a038\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The Olympus Rover Trials (ORT) challenge student teams to design, construct and operate a rover for an analogue sample return mission to Mars. Students create a rover concept, trade off performance parameters and pass through a rigorous review process with a panel of engineers from the space sector. The competition aims to:<\/p><ul><li><p>Challenge students to perform a complex systems engineering task of the development of a vehicle to a set of real space mission requirements;<\/p><\/li><li>Enable students to apply taught technical skills and learn new ones relevant to a job in the space industry in an applicable project environment;<\/li><li>Provide students with an opportunity to develop and practice other important and transferable skills, such as teamwork, leadership and project management;<\/li><li>Foster interest in the activities of the space sector, especially in space engineering and robotics.<\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"has_eae_slider elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-64d50c9 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-eae-slider=\"10340\" data-id=\"64d50c9\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"has_eae_slider elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-e499bb0\" data-eae-slider=\"47063\" data-id=\"e499bb0\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-61fb89c elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"61fb89c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Who Can Participate?<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bfe3cc7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"bfe3cc7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span>The competition is open to all UKSEDS members. If you are not already a member, sign up for free membership today. This includes students (Bachelors to PhD), and we also support graduate teams (as long as team members have graduated within the last 3 years). <\/span>Team sizes are limited to 10 but there is no lower team limit. <span style=\"text-align: start;\">There is no entry fee associated with this competition.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"has_eae_slider elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-68cb4e2 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-eae-slider=\"99427\" data-id=\"68cb4e2\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"has_eae_slider elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-4b3d19e\" data-eae-slider=\"37479\" data-id=\"4b3d19e\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b675132 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"b675132\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">The Challenges<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-26b985b elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"26b985b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span>This year we are containing with running two streams for the Olympus Rover Trials: basic and advanced<\/span><\/p><p>This approach was taken for two reasons. First, it allows us to double the competition&#8217;s capacity for testing on the day and second, it allows us to host a new challenge for returning teams.<\/p><p>The basic stream shall have its competition day hosted at RAL Space and the advanced stream shall be hosted at Airbus Defence and Space.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"has_eae_slider elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-d8b6841 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-eae-slider=\"97361\" data-id=\"d8b6841\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"has_eae_slider elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-c224126\" data-eae-slider=\"49097\" data-id=\"c224126\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4b7222a elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"4b7222a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Which Stream Should We Enter?<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-52b5d5b elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"52b5d5b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The basic stream is designed for teams that are entering the competition for the first time. It is likely that your team doesn&#8217;t have much experience to date in the area of robotics and that you shall all be learning as you go.<\/p><p>The advanced stream is designed for returning teams that have previously entered the basic stream that are looking for a step up to challenge them. Your team is likely to have good experience with robotics and are wanting to push the boundaries of what they can do with their skills and a rover.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"has_eae_slider elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-0cb5fda elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-eae-slider=\"44881\" data-id=\"0cb5fda\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"has_eae_slider elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-381c0cc\" data-eae-slider=\"14727\" data-id=\"381c0cc\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8597eb6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"8597eb6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">History<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fa05068 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"fa05068\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Founded in 2016, the competition was originally called the Lunar Rover Trials. It was originally supported by Thales Alenia Space, RAL Space, GMV and Oxford Space Systems. The competition has more recently taken place between Airbus and RAL Space, utilising the Airbus Mars Yard and RAL Space\u2019s Engineering Test Facilities.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"has_eae_slider elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-fa042f7 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-eae-slider=\"43001\" data-id=\"fa042f7\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;animation&quot;:&quot;none&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"has_eae_slider elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-23a9b0db\" data-eae-slider=\"11536\" data-id=\"23a9b0db\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f9f2ec7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"f9f2ec7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Past Winners<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-11cff8e image-position-column elementor-widget elementor-widget-eae-timeline\" data-id=\"11cff8e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"eae-timeline.skin2\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section data-layout=\"center\" data-top-offset=\"200\" class=\"eae-layout-center eae-timeline eae-timeline-alternate-yes eae-tl-center eae-tl-res-style-mobile-tablet eae-tl-res-layout-left\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"eae-timline-progress-bar\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class='eae-pb-inner-line'><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"cfddeab\" class=\"eae-timeline-item elementor-repeater-item-cfddeab custom-image-style- image-position-\">\n\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"eae-tl-item-meta-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"eae-tl-item-meta\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t2023-2024\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"eae-tl-icon-wrapper\" id=\"cfddeab\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"eae-icon eae-icon-item_icon eae-icon-view-framed eae-icon-shape-circle eae-icon-type-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"eae-icon-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"eae-tl-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"#\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"eae-tl-item-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"eae-width-100 eae-tl-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"eae-content-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"eae-tl-item-meta-wrapper-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"eae-tl-item-meta-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t2023-2024\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"eae-tl-item-title\"><\/h3><div class=\"eae-tl-content-innner\"><p>This year, the team launched two streams of the Olympus Rover Trials: basic and advanced<\/p><p>The basic stream competition day was hosted at RAL Space and the advanced stream competition day was hosted at Airbus Defense and Space.<\/p><p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><strong>Advanced Stream:<\/strong><\/span><\/p><p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ukseds.org\/ignition\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/53968628598_e574d687a8_o.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"5184\" height=\"3456\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-19308\" \/> <span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><strong><\/strong><\/span><\/p><p><strong>Overall Prize:<\/strong> CranSEDS<\/p><p><strong>Best Innovation:\u00a0<\/strong>CranSEDS<\/p><p><strong>Best CDR:\u00a0<\/strong>UKAEA<\/p><p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><strong>Basic Stream:<\/strong><\/span><\/p><p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ukseds.org\/ignition\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/53969792765_22271923c9_o-1-300x200.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-19427 aligncenter\" \/><\/p><p><strong>Overall Prize:<\/strong> Queen's University Belfast<\/p><p><strong>Best Innovation: <\/strong>University of Birmingham Dubai<\/p><p><strong>Best CDR:\u00a0<\/strong>UCL<\/p><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"86f714a\" class=\"eae-timeline-item elementor-repeater-item-86f714a custom-image-style- image-position-\">\n\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"eae-tl-item-meta-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"eae-tl-item-meta\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t2022-2023\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"eae-tl-icon-wrapper\" id=\"86f714a\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"eae-icon eae-icon-item_icon eae-icon-view-framed eae-icon-shape-circle eae-icon-type-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"eae-icon-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"eae-tl-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"#\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"eae-tl-item-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"eae-width-100 eae-tl-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"eae-content-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"eae-tl-item-meta-wrapper-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"eae-tl-item-meta-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t2022-2023\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"eae-tl-item-title\"><\/h3><div class=\"eae-tl-content-innner\"><p><strong>Overall Prize:<\/strong> University of Bath<\/p><p><strong>Best Innovation:\u00a0<\/strong>UKAEA<\/p><p><strong>Best CDR:\u00a0<\/strong>CranSEDS<\/p><p><strong>Best Automation: <\/strong>King's College London<\/p><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"1056138\" class=\"eae-timeline-item elementor-repeater-item-1056138 custom-image-style- image-position-\">\n\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"eae-tl-item-meta-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"eae-tl-item-meta\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t2021-2022\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"eae-tl-icon-wrapper\" id=\"1056138\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"eae-icon eae-icon-item_icon eae-icon-view-framed eae-icon-shape-circle eae-icon-type-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"eae-icon-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"eae-tl-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"#\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"eae-tl-item-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"eae-width-100 eae-tl-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"eae-content-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"eae-tl-item-meta-wrapper-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"eae-tl-item-meta-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t2021-2022\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"eae-tl-item-title\"><\/h3><div class=\"eae-tl-content-innner\"><p><strong>Overall Prize:<\/strong> University of Bath<\/p><p><strong>Best Innovation:\u00a0<\/strong>UKAEA<\/p><p><strong>Best CDR:\u00a0<\/strong>Phoenix<\/p><p><strong>Best Presentation:\u00a0<\/strong>CranSEDS<\/p><p><strong>Best Outreach:\u00a0<\/strong>University of Leicester<\/p><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"c3dd419\" class=\"eae-timeline-item elementor-repeater-item-c3dd419 custom-image-style- image-position-\">\n\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"eae-tl-item-meta-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"eae-tl-item-meta\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t2020-2021\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"eae-tl-icon-wrapper\" id=\"c3dd419\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"eae-icon eae-icon-item_icon eae-icon-view-framed eae-icon-shape-circle eae-icon-type-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div 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The competition challenges teams to design, build and test small rovers with the objective of navigating a \u2018Martian\u2019 surface. This year, the Martian theme evolved from a sample return mission to a new mission - assembling infrastructure on the surface of Mars.<\/p><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"0cb5931\" class=\"eae-timeline-item elementor-repeater-item-0cb5931 custom-image-style-no image-position-\">\n\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"eae-tl-item-meta-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"eae-tl-item-meta\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t2019-2020\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"eae-tl-icon-wrapper\" id=\"0cb5931\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"eae-icon eae-icon-item_icon eae-icon-view-framed eae-icon-shape-circle eae-icon-type-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"eae-icon-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"eae-tl-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"#\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"eae-tl-item-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"eae-width-100 eae-tl-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"eae-content-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"eae-tl-item-meta-wrapper-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"eae-tl-item-meta-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t2019-2020\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"eae-tl-item-title\"><\/h3><div class=\"eae-tl-content-innner\"><p>Our fourth rover competition, in partnership with GMV and supported by Thales Alenia Space, RAL Space, and Oxford Space Systems, continued with the same theme as last year: Mars sample return. The competition challenged teams to design, build, and test small rovers with the objective of driving across a \u2018Martian\u2019 surface in RAL Space\u2019s Mars Yard facility, to collect canister samples and return them to a lander.<\/p><p>Teams presented their designs at a virtual competition day. SUSF Phobos, from the University of Southampton, were the overall winners. They also picked up prizes for the best Mission Design report and the best Presentation, as well as sharing the best CDR award with Team Bath Roving from the University of Bath.<\/p><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"dbd0523\" class=\"eae-timeline-item elementor-repeater-item-dbd0523 custom-image-style-no image-position-\">\n\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"eae-tl-item-meta-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"eae-tl-item-meta\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t2018-2019\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"eae-tl-icon-wrapper\" id=\"dbd0523\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"eae-icon eae-icon-item_icon eae-icon-view-framed eae-icon-shape-circle eae-icon-type-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"eae-icon-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"eae-tl-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"#\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"eae-tl-item-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"eae-width-100 eae-tl-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"eae-content-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"eae-tl-item-meta-wrapper-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"eae-tl-item-meta-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t2018-2019\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"eae-tl-item-title\"><\/h3><div class=\"eae-tl-content-innner\"><p>This was our third rover competition, in partnership with GMV and supported by Thales Alenia Space, RAL Space and Oxford Space Systems. It was rebranded from the Lunar Rover Competition to the Olympus Rover Trials, as we moved the setting from the Moon to Mars.<\/p><p>Team Bath Roving took first place in the competition with a design that made use of a servo-operated robotic arm to collect sample canisters. Additional prizes went to Cranfield University\u2019s Team Furiosity, Imperial College\u2019s Team Ares, and Southampton University Spaceflight.<\/p><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"001761c\" class=\"eae-timeline-item elementor-repeater-item-001761c custom-image-style-no image-position-\">\n\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"eae-tl-item-meta-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"eae-tl-item-meta\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t2017-2018\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"eae-tl-icon-wrapper\" id=\"001761c\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"eae-icon eae-icon-item_icon eae-icon-view-framed eae-icon-shape-circle eae-icon-type-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"eae-icon-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"eae-tl-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"#\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"eae-tl-item-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"eae-width-100 eae-tl-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"eae-content-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"eae-tl-item-meta-wrapper-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"eae-tl-item-meta-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t2017-2018\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"eae-tl-item-title\"><\/h3><div class=\"eae-tl-content-innner\"><p>15 teams entered this year\u2019s Lunar Rover Competition, which was run in association with Thales\u00a0 Alenia\u00a0 Space\u00a0 UK,\u00a0 and\u00a0 supported\u00a0 by\u00a0 Airbus, RAL Space, and Oxford Space Systems. Participants were challenged to design, build and test small rovers which had a mission aim of driving into a \u2018lunar\u2019 crater and collecting a sample before returning to the lander.<\/p><p>This competition concluded in July 2018, with 8 out of 15 teams passing their CDR and competing at RAL Space\u2019s Mars Yard. Imperial College London\u2019s team came out on top, winning the competition and the award for the best CDR. The University of Sheffield team won the prize for the best innovation for their advanced scoop mechanism used for sample retrieval, and the University of Manchester team were recognised for their rover-related outreach programme which encouraged more young people to study STEM at school.<\/p><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"479a5d1\" class=\"eae-timeline-item elementor-repeater-item-479a5d1 custom-image-style-no image-position-\">\n\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"eae-tl-item-meta-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"eae-tl-item-meta\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t2016-2017\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"eae-tl-icon-wrapper\" id=\"479a5d1\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"eae-icon eae-icon-item_icon eae-icon-view-framed eae-icon-shape-circle eae-icon-type-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"eae-icon-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"eae-tl-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"#\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"eae-tl-item-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"eae-width-100 eae-tl-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"eae-content-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"eae-tl-item-meta-wrapper-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"eae-tl-item-meta-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t2016-2017\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"eae-tl-item-title\"><\/h3><div class=\"eae-tl-content-innner\"><p>This year we launched our first Lunar Rover Competition in association with Thales Alenia Space UK, and supported by Airbus Defence &amp; Space UK, RAL Space, and Oxford Space Systems. The competition challenges teams to design, build, and test small rovers with the objective of driving into a \u2018lunar\u2019 crater, collecting a sample, and returning to the lander. 5 teams from across the UK reached the final stage after undergoing a PDR (Preliminary Design Review) and CDR (Critical Design Review) by a panel of space industry experts from Thales Alenia Space in the UK, RAL Space and Oxford Space Systems.\u00a0<\/p><p>The winners were Surrey EARS with their rover completing both test runs as well as surviving a simulated Falcon 9 launch on the vibration test bed. An additional prize was awarded to the CranSEDS for the best Critical Design Review of the competition.<\/p><p>Honourable mentions go to Bath SpaceSoc, BristolSEDS and ManSEDS for taking part in this first competition. To get to this stage, the teams had to pass a comprehensive review process managed by space industry engineers from Thales Alenia Space in the UK, the Science and Technology Facilities Council\u2019s RAL Space facility and Oxford Space Systems.<\/p><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/section>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div style=\"width:97%; border-top: 1px solid black; text-align:center; margin-left:1.5%; margin-top:60px\">\n\t\t\t<h2 style=\"margin-bottom:50px\">Proud corporate partners with<\/h2>\n\t\t\t<!-- <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"150px\" height=\"150px\" src=\"https:\/\/ukseds.org\/aurora\/public\/images\/sponsors\/pcl.png\">\n            <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"324px\" height=\"150px\" src=\"https:\/\/ukseds.org\/aurora\/public\/images\/sponsors\/lockheed.png\">\n            <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"324px\" height=\"150px\" src=\"https:\/\/ukseds.org\/aurora\/public\/images\/sponsors\/quantum_hub.png\">\n            <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"324px\" height=\"150px\" src=\"https:\/\/ukseds.org\/aurora\/public\/images\/sponsors\/cornwall_space.png\">\n            <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"324px\" height=\"150px\" src=\"https:\/\/ukseds.org\/aurora\/public\/images\/sponsors\/raytheon.png\">\n            <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"324px\" height=\"150px\" src=\"https:\/\/ukseds.org\/nssc2018\/images\/sponsors\/uksa.png\"> -->\n            <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"324px\" src=\"https:\/\/ukseds.org\/ignition\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/AIRBUS_Blue-1024x379.png\">\n            <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"280px\" src=\"https:\/\/ukseds.org\/ignition\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/2eab0dd7-d62d-4713-af37-2397934fbd47.png\" style=\"margin-bottom: 50px;\">\n\t\t\t<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>About Overview The Olympus Rover Trials (ORT) challenge student teams to design, construct and operate a rover for an analogue sample return mission to Mars. 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