ISRO set to conduct "ISRO Robotics Challenge-URSC 2024 (IRoC-U 2024)"

To encourage student participation in the realm of space robotics

Participants will showcase their rovers at URSC Bengaluru campus in August 2024

ISRO is calling upon the inventive minds of the youth, seeking innovative ideas and designs for robotic rovers to be utilized in upcoming missions.

Following the successful landing of Chandrayaan-3 Vikram on the lunar surface and the exploration around the moon’s southern pole, ISRO is now preparing for future robotic exploration ventures to both the moon and other celestial bodies.

The national space agency, headquartered in Bengaluru, is dedicated to fostering distinctive opportunities for academia and industry to engage in technology development aligned with organizational objectives.

In line with this commitment, ISRO is set to conduct the “ISRO Robotics Challenge-URSC 2024 (IRoC-U 2024)” to encourage student participation in the realm of space robotics, under the tagline “Let’s build a space robot.”

The challenge invites students to design and realize a ‘Wheeled/Legged Rover,’ encompassing the complete development of both hardware and software. ISRO emphasizes that solutions presented during IRoC-U 2024 stand a significant chance of integration into ISRO’s forthcoming interplanetary robotics missions, as stated in an official release.

The challenge has several objectives, including providing a standardized platform for delving into the field of space robotics, fostering a deeper understanding of space robotics and its applications among students, and collaboratively developing future technologies required in the domain of space robotics by students and ISRO.

The culminating event, where participants will showcase their rover’s capabilities, is scheduled to take place in an onsite competition at the URSC Bengaluru campus in August 2024, according to ISRO’s official announcement.