Students from the Off-Road Scientific Club of Wrocław University of Science and Technology have unveiled their latest creation, the Scorpio Infinity rover. It is lighter, with a greater range of movement and collects data even better than its predecessors. The eighth Scorpio is already ready for new challenges in international competitions in Turkey, Australia and the USA.
The rover weighs around 40kg and can develop speeds of up to 10 km/h. Among other things, it is capable of studying the composition of the soil, mapping the space around it and autonomously mapping its route or helping the ‘astronauts’, e.g. by transporting various objects or making repairs using a manipulator (i.e. a mechanical ‘hand’). Such tasks (and many others, equally demanding) will be tackled in international competitions.
Currently, the Off-Road wheel is made up of more than 40 people from ten faculties of the Wrocław University of Science and Technology and one person from the Wrocław University of Economics. Their Scorpio rovers regularly bring home awards from major international student competitions around the world.
