Some members of EPFL Xplore's team, with Quentin Delfosse (1st on the left), Thomas Manteaux (1st on the right) et Jonathan Wei (2nd from right).
Some members of EPFL Xplore's team, with Quentin Delfosse (1st on the left), Thomas Manteaux (1st on the right) et Jonathan Wei (2nd from right). Murielle Gerber2021 EPFL - At the start of the 2020 fall semester, a group of EPFL students set up the EPFL Xplore association with the goal of building a rover from scratch. Their vehicle, named Argos, will compete in this weekend's European Rover Challenge - Europe's most prestigious competition dedicated to mobile robots. Standing tall on its six wheels and fitted with a robotic arm, a LIDAR sensor for scanning the terrain, and a rocker-bogie suspension system modeled after one developed by NASA, the gleaming metal rover is the center of attention. Gathered around it, the robot's engineers present it with gusto. Argos - a nod to the mythological Greek ship Argo in which Jason set sail to recover the Golden Fleece - was built from scratch in the course of a single year. Selected to take part in the European Rover Challenge, one of the most high-profile international competitions, Argos will be put through its paces on 10-12 September in Kielce, Poland.
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