Further articles
Chassis V3.0
Looking ahead to the ERC24, the FHNW Rover Team has planned many innovations and revisions, which also place new demands on the rover’s chassis. Some of these requirements include more space inside the chassis, a new mounting point for the upcoming drivetrain and the integration of a system that allows…
We did it! ERC 2023 is over.
After a stressed and long weekend in Kielce the ERC 2023 ended. During the Final Ceremony the winner of the ERC and the Best Team Award of every Task got announced. As the Final Ceremony started, the tension rose. Did we put enough effort into the project? Or could we…
Finally, the World Finals have started
After our long study break, where we had enough time to finalize our Rover, we arrived in Kielce, Poland, for the World Finals of the European Rover Challenge 2023. After a long drive, we unloaded the vehicles and tested our Rover on the Mars Yard. During the ERC, we have…
Drone: Experiencing the Next Dimension
Our Drone in real-lifeOur newest addition to the rover is our drone. The main goal of the drone is to take pictures from places the rover can’t get to, such as the top of a volcano or similar places. Furthermore, it must fly completely autonomous, which includes starting and landing…
Overcoming Technical Hurdles in Developing an Improved Robotic Arm
It has been over a month since the FHNW Rover team received new servos for our improved robotic arm. While we were initially excited to get started, we soon discovered that there were technical hurdles to overcome before we could achieve our first lift.We were using the same open-source software…
The Second Generation of our Rover is called…
As you might have noticed, the European Rover Challenge 2022 is over and we were able to score an amazing 6th place. If you want to read more about our experiences on the on-site challenge, go check out our last post.But that also means that our project is moving into…
A Journey to Poland
A story about how the FHNW Rover Team went to the on-site European Rover Challenge 2022 and scored brilliantly.Our journey started in the early hours of Wednesday morning. It was raining, perhaps a sign of what would come. While the large part of the team flew from Zurich to…