Further articles
How have the software engineers settled into the project?
Our Computer Science studentsSince the start of the spring semester of 2023, the rover team got six new team members. They are not electrical or mechanical engineering students but computer science students. Unlike the existing team members, they are also part-time students. So they work at least 50% of their…
ERC feeling in Switzerland
Our Rover Thommen during the Hero ChallengeAfter 2 Months of intensive planning, our FHNW Rover-Träff finally took place at our Campus in Windisch. The purpose of the competition was to test the weak spots of our Rover Thommen in a competition-like environment. FroST and ERIG, the Rover Teams from the…
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…
Update – Halftime has been reached!
The first semester of our project has successfully come to an end! We were able to finish (almost) all concepts and that means our rover is complete – at least in theory…We ended the semester with a presentation where we covered all the achievements we were able to celebrate during…
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…
Arms as strong as Popeye!
For our rover, a manipulator is needed to perform different, challenging tasks.During the European Rover Challenge, our rover Meyer 1 faces multiple challenges. For example, different plugs need to be inserted into a panel and buttons need to be pressed. Furthermore, samples and probes need to be taken.
