IPRL - the little team that could
Exactly one year ago we set ourselves a goal of competing in the finals of the European Rover Challenge. Step by step we worked our way through registration, preliminary and final reports. We have overcome the challenge of being separated most of the time and having to complete the rover in a few different countries at once, without a way to assemble it earlier. Moreover, we managed to fit within a very small budget of just above 2,500 pounds and do all this work with a tiny team of just 14 people!
However, this weekend exceeded our expectations:
🏆 We won one of the 4 main challenges of the ERC! We came out first on the presentation task, presenting and discussing our rover and the entire project with a team of judges from the industry
🚀 We have placed ourselves 11th out of 25 teams qualified for the finals, which is a great achievement for a first-time team, especially with such limited resources!
🛏 We did not sleep for... maybe let's not mention that
We are thrilled with the results we have achieved (we even forgot our team shirts for the picture!). It has been one of the most intense but at the same time rewarding experiences for the entire team and we would like to deeply thank the organisers for running the competition.
What's next? Harbinger is ready to be shipped back to its home in the UK. The team is now working hard on making sure lessons will be learned from the mishaps we have had and we can make this a sustainable, continuous project that will build on Harbinger's legacy for years to come - look out for updates soon!
We would like to also deeply thank our supporters, without whom it would not have been possible:
FPV.pl
Accu
Valispace
Perfecta Retail Furniture
Imperial College's Department of Mechanical Engineering
As well as:
Student Teaching Workshop and the Imperial College Advanced Hackspace for sharing their invaluable workshop experience with us
Moreover, thank you to all the teams we shared the team zone with, but especially thank you for the good chats, sharing parts and just mutual support to ProjectRED, STAR Dresden e.V., DIANA, SASA: Sapienza Technology Team, EPFL Xplore, FHNW Rover Team and Students' Space Association! Hope to see you guys next year at the latest!
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