The central theme of this category concerns the colonization of the planet Mars. This competitive call invites you to design and develop robotic and smart solutions that will help us overcome the challenges of living on Mars by collecting, processing, and utilizing critical data to ensure the success of colonization efforts.
With your ideas and solutions, we can live on Mars!
We Can Survive On Mars| Junior High School
As humanity continually pushes the boundaries of exploration and technology, the idea of establishing colonies on Mars has shifted from science fiction to a tangible goal. The allure of Mars, the fourth planet from the Sun, lies in its potential to become a new frontier for human civilization. This vision is driven by several compelling reasons. First, Mars offers a unique opportunity to expand human presence beyond Earth, ensuring the survival of our species in case of global catastrophes. Second, the Red Planet presents a wealth of scientific knowledge, providing insights into the history of our solar system and the possibility of past or present life forms. Finally, colonizing Mars rekindles the spirit of adventure and innovation, inspiring generations to pursue careers in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM).
The team must research and gather information, build robotic systems and models, program them, and present the overall concept in a project aligned with the category’s theme.
The overall system will consist of two parts: the main (autonomous) system, which will play an active role in the project, and the secondary (auxiliary) system, which will display the processed information. Among other functions, these systems must have the ability to collect real-time data, which, if necessary, will be processed in one of the two systems to extract reliable information.
The team consists of:
– The coach (over 20 years old)
– 3-6 middle school students (aged 12 to 16 during the current school/academic year)
Each team is required to submit a portfolio no later than 15 days before the competition day, which must include:
– A report in PDF format
– A video with a total duration of up to 2 minutes
On the scheduled date and time, the team arrives at the competition venue and sets up their project in the area designated by the organizer. The team must be prepared to present their project (including the autonomous system in operation) to at least two judging panels, as well as to other teams and visitors.
This setup and presentation must showcase their work in action, including the robotic solutions they’ve developed, and demonstrate how the systems function and handle the collection, processing, and utilization of data for Martian colonization.
The official supplier of equipment for the Panhellenic Educational Robotics Competition is Knowledge research.
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