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Competitions for 2025-26
Competitions for 2025-26
Olympus Rover Trials
Olympus Rover Trials
The UKSEDS Olympus Rover Trials (ORT) challenge university student teams to design, build, and operate a complex autonomous or semi-autonomous rover for a simulated Mars sample return mission within realistic space industry requirements. This year-long, multi-stage competition requires students to demonstrate excellence in complex systems engineering, detailed technical documentation, and hands-on robotics development.
Lunabotics
Lunabotics
The UK Lunabotics challenge requires university teams to design and build autonomous lunar robots specifically for the rigorous tasks of In-Situ Resource Utilization (ISRU), which includes excavating, collecting, and transporting simulated regolith for future habitat construction. This competition provides hands-on exposure to critical off-world construction and systems engineering processes.
Value for Students
Value for Students
Participation in a university-level rover competition team offers students unparalleled practical engineering experience that bridges the gap between academic theory and real-world application. Students gain critical, interdisciplinary skills by moving through the full engineering lifecycle, from conceptual design (CAD) and manufacturing/assembly to embedded systems programming for autonomy, sensor integration, and robust mechanical design for extraterrestrial environments. This collaborative, deadline-driven atmosphere cultivates exceptional teamwork, high-stakes project management proficiency, and adaptive problem-solving capabilities necessary to overcome unexpected technical failures under time and resource constraints. Ultimately, the successful delivery of a functional rover system provides demonstrable, portfolio-worthy achievements, making participants highly competitive and immediately valuable in aerospace, robotics, and high-tech industries.
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