Good result of Łukasiewicz - PIAP in the ESA-ESRIC SRC competition

The institute’s team made it to the final stage of the competition and was one of two teams to achieve the maximum score in field tests. Lukasiewicz – PIAP’s proposal was rated “Very Good to Excellent” or “Perfect” according to various criteria. The team also received high marks for their technical skills, commitment and innovative approach.

The ESA-ESRIC Space Resources Challenge is a competition aimed at selecting the best ideas and robotic solutions related to the exploration and use of natural resources in space. Many teams from around the world took part in the competition, and the award in the form of a contract for further work went to a consortium composed of the FZI Research Center for Information Technology in Karlsruhe, the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich (ETH Zurich), the University of Zurich, the University of Basel and the University of Bern.

The Industrial Research Institute for Automation and Measurements (PIAP), a member of the Łukasiewicz Research Network, has many years of experience in designing, manufacturing and implementing innovative solutions in the field of robotics, autonomous systems and space engineering. We are at the forefront of mobile technology, including mobile robots, manipulators and unmanned platforms.

Using the experience gained, among others, during the Space Resources Challenge, the Łukasiewicz – PIAP team plans to take part in subsequent challenges organized by ESA and ESRIC and thus develop its competences and strengthen its position on the space industry market – the more so that the result achieved in the last competition clearly shows that the institute has great potential and competitiveness on a European as well as a global scale.

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