DLR Spacebot Cup – Space Terrain Exploring Vehicle (STEVE)

The DLR Spacebot Cup is a robotic competition to increase the autononous navigation and object manipulation in the field of space robotics. In this robotic challenge initiated by the DLR the robots have to detect colored objects on a planetary surface, navigate through tough terrain and manipulate the detected objects.

In cooperation with the IDA the C3E has developed the space terrain exploring vehicle (STEVE), that is able to navigate autonomously in unknown terrain. Our focus is on the FPGA stereocamera system that is capable of real time mapping and object detection with its HD resolution cameras and onboard hardware processing.

Further information: http://www.space-lions.de

Contact: Sönke Michalik