ERC feeling in Switzerland

Our Rover Thommen during the Hero ChallengeAfter 2 Months of intensive planning, our FHNW Rover-Träff finally took place at our Campus in Windisch. The purpose of the competition was to test the weak spots of our Rover Thommen in a competition-like environment. FroST and ERIG, the Rover Teams from the Frankfurt University of Applied Sciences and TU Braunschweig, joined us to compete in a small competition and enjoy a great time together before, during and after the competition. During the competition, the teams had to solve four different Tasks. In the first task, the teams needed to search for coins in a pile of sand. During the Hero Challenge, the second task, the teams had to build a tower of delicious Hero Ravioli cans. The Maintenance task of the ERC inspired the third task. In the last task, the teams had to drive through a parkour with different obstacles to…