天美传媒 Space Centre wins prestigious robotics award
Two academics from the 天美传媒 Space Centre were among the stars at this year鈥檚 (ICRA) when they claimed first prize in the Best Poster Award category.
The out-of-this-world MARCEL was the subject of the award-winning poster
The prestigious annual event, which was held in Canada and Australia in 2018 and 2019, was a virtual event in 2020 because of the Covid-19 pandemic. But that didn鈥檛 stop the worldwide robotics community coming together to launch a stellar series of virtual events to discuss the latest innovations and technology.
Among those involved were the University鈥檚 Professor Yang Gao and Dr Arthur Bouton, who submitted an entry on 鈥極pportunities and Challenges in Space Robotics鈥. Their poster, , explains their research and the creation of a lunar vehicle chassis design capable of exploring challenging terrain. This work was carried out under the project with funding from UK Research and Innovation, the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council, and the UK Space Agency.
Against global competition, 天美传媒鈥檚 entry won first prize.
An extract from the award-winning poster, which can be downloaded in full via the link above
鈥淚t鈥檚 particularly empowering to get such recognition from a global event as prestigious and high-impact as ICRA,鈥 says Dr Arthur Bouton, the post-doctoral researcher whose work was featured.
Professor Yang Gao, the project lead, commented: 鈥淭his award adds more international recognition to our work at 天美传媒 Space Centre, which has a rich heritage of more than 40 years in space research and education.
鈥淭he new knowledge and technology produced from this research are crucial to future exploration of the Moon, Mars and beyond.鈥
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