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SUMMARY:Above and Beyond | EPFL Xplore Rover Unveiling 2023
DTSTART:20230525T183000
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CATEGORIES:Conferences - Seminars
DESCRIPTION:Emile Janho Dit Hreich\, Gloria Mellinand\, Roman Danylovych\,
  Vincent Nguyen\, Gregoire Lacroix\, Yassine Bakkali\nEPFL Xplore is a stu
 dent-led space robotics project from EPFL\, part of the MAKE initiative in
  Switzerland. Our mission is to leverage project-based learning in the tra
 ining of engineers at EPFL and to step into the highest level of developme
 nt and achievement in the field of space robotics\, by collaborating with 
 research laboratories and the industry.\nAs part of our project-based lear
 ning mission\, we build rovers to participate in international competition
 s such as the annual European Rover Challenge. The team won the 3rd place 
 overall at the on-site edition of the ERC 2021 and the 2nd place overall o
 ne year later at the ERC 2022. It also got awarded excellency awards for t
 he navigation\, science and probing & collection tasks.\n\nXplore is a pro
 ject whose aim is to be a medium for engineering students to learn by doin
 g and by having a direct impact in the real world. As such\, the project a
 lso illustrates the deep collaboration between students\, research and ind
 ustry. \nIn this perspective\, the project is currently evolving towards 
 anchoring the above aspect in its identity\, making it a hub for project-b
 ased learning\, research and innovation. This puts us in phase with the va
 lues of EPFL\, one of the leading institutions for Education\, Research an
 d Innovation in the world.    \n \n\n\n\n\n\n\nThe first part of this
  conference is dedicated to the unveiling of our Rover. After two successf
 ul years\, achieving third and second place respectively in the overall ra
 nking\, we are aiming for victory this year. The second part consists of p
 resenting the evolution of the project in its aforementioned objectives: w
 e will present a roadmap of the Xplore project for the coming years\, coll
 aboration formats with companies\, as well as our research projects superv
 ised by EPFL laboratories and other schools in Switzerland. In addition\, 
 one of our objectives that will be presented is to enable students to have
  a practical approach to eco-design and ethics in engineering design. The 
 presentation will be followed by an apéro.
LOCATION:RLC E1 240 https://plan.epfl.ch/?room==RLC%20E1%20240
STATUS:CONFIRMED
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