Inside the FHNW Rover Team at the European Rover Challenge 2025

“At FHNW, we have our own ideas of how things should work, but at the ERC, most of the things you take for granted are just your own assumptions.”The FHNW Rover Team on the Marsyard, Krakow, Poland taken by an ERC organizerDuring the summer break, a group of students from our university travelled with their rover and drone to the European Rover Challenge in Poland. They had to face 24 other teams from all over the world during three days of intense competition. This year, they placed fifth, so I sat down with three FHNW Rover Team members to get some insight on the experience.Meet the FHNW Rover TeamThe FHNW Rover Team is an interdisciplinary group of engineering and science students who work on developing a rover and drone every year to compete at the European Rover Challenge (ERC). This year’s team brought together mechanical and electrical engineers, computer…