UIU Mars Rover secured 3rd Place in the Anatolian Rover Challenge 2023

The 'TELOS', a Mars rover prototype developed by the Mars Rover Team from United International University (UIU), secured 3rd place in the Anatolian Rover Challenge 2023 organised by the Space Exploration Society (UKET). The competition was held from July 19 – 23 at the Middle East Technical University campus in Ankara, Turkiye.  

This year, 24 teams from five different countries participated in the international competition among which, 19 teams qualified for the final round.

The team is directed by Akib Zaman, Lecturer at the Department of Computer Science & Engineering, UIU, with Professor Salekul Islam, Director of the IQAC, UIU, as the supervisor. The student team leader was Md Abid Hossain from EEE, UIU. The other members of the visiting team were Ahmed Junaed (CSE), T M Al Anam (CSE), Suraiya Afroz Maria (CSE), Meghboron Paul Akash(CSE), Sheikh Sakib Hossain (CSE), Shah Mehrab Hossain Fahim (CSE), Md Yasin (CSE), Abdullah Al Masud (CSE), Shorower Hossain (CSE) and Fahad Rahman(CSE), UIU.

UIU became the leading team among Asian teams in the University Rover Challenge (URC) held in Hanksville, USA, with their rover named MAVEN, alongside ranking 1st in Asia in last year's URC. This year, the UIU team has also reached 9th overall out of 37 global finalists and they were 13th out of 36 global finalists in last year's URC.