Germany's CESAR crowned king of rovers in ESA’s Robotics Challenge
Tuesday, November 4, 2008 - 11:35
in Astronomy & Space
A robot rover designed by a Bremen university team has won an ESA contest to retrieve soil samples from a lunar-style terrestrial crater. Eight student teams fielded rovers during the event, their progress monitored by an advanced 3-D viewer already flight-tested in space and planned for eventual deployment on the Moon.