Competing against student teams from Australia, India, Bangladesh, and Poland, the rovers designed and built by these teams were tasked with executing missions simulating those encountered on the surface of the moon.
“We are incredibly happy that our rover performed so well during its first competition. Despite starting with a point deficit due to documentation issues, our teamwork allowed us to recover.
What we are most proud of is the effective communication within our team and how well we worked together,” said Zofia Stypułkowska, President of the Scorpio project.
The Wrocław University of Science and Technology students excelled particularly in the Space Resources Task, scoring 92 out of 100 points. The mission involved analyzing and extracting water from samples of regolith, the lunar soil. The team initially identified a sample with a higher percentage of ice and succeeded in extracting as much water as possible using modules mounted on the rover.
“The Scorpio Project members are the first team in the history of the Australian competitions to extract pure water from regolith, achieving the highest water extraction among all teams,” the press release noted.
The rover also carried out inspections of a lunar base and completed basic tasks such as refueling and entering sequences on a panel. It cleared areas of stones weighing up to 10 kg and transported regolith.
Additionally, the rover mapped the terrain and demonstrated its capability to navigate autonomously.
