A Pink Rover is this year’s Monash University Nova Rover team entry into the 2023 University Rover Challenge from May 31 – June 3, 2023 at the Mars Desert Research Station, Hanksville, Utah, USA.
Monash University’s student Nova Rover team won the Australian National Championship earlier this year against some tough local competition. Now they are one of 37 teams from 10 countries to compete for the world title at the University Rover Challenge at the end of this month.
This year’s rover is called Waratah, named after a native Australian flower. The name originates from the Eora Aboriginal word ‘warada’ meaning ‘beautiful’ or ‘seen from afar’.
It is bold and bright pink to start conversations about Women in STEM.
Students from Monash Nova Rover team have been designing rover vehicles since 2017.
This year, The Monash Nova Rover team has overhauled the entire chassis design, implementing a rocker suspension with pivot steering, as well as brushless motors.
The teams will complete missions in extreme retrieval and delivery, equipment servicing, autonomous traversal and science – all tasks a real rover would undertake while remotely operated on Mars.
The Pink Rover will be at ‘training’ this weekend at Monash University Clayton campus at the Faculty of Engineering Makers’ Space and outside the Woodside building between 10:00am and midday on Saturday 20 May and Sunday 21 May, 2023.
Monash University wishes them well in this competition. Supporters can follow the Pink Rover’s journey on social media. Search for Monash Nova Rover Team
