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Events
Australian Rover Challenge
The University’s Maths Lawns were transformed into
a lunar landscape for the inaugural Australian Rover
Challenge (ARC) on 27 and 28 March 2021.
Students from the University of Adelaide, Monash
University and RMIT designed their own custombuilt rovers which they navigated remotely around a
simulated lunar terrain. The rover teams competed
in four challenges including driving off a lunar lander
followed by a systems check, searching for and
extracting buried ice, picking up and stacking blocks,
and navigating rovers remotely across the lunar
landscape using information only from the
rover’s camera.
University of Adelaide students and their entry in the Australian Rover Challenge.
The ARC aimed to address the challenge set out in
the Australian Space Agency 2019 – 2028 Civil Space
Strategy. The Strategy seeks to implement STEM
initiatives and partnerships with industry to support
the growth of a future workforce in the Australian
space sector.
Festival of Sausage in Bread
More than 1500 people visited the Cloisters at the
University’s North Terrace campus for the oneday Festival of Sausage in Bread as part of Tasting
Australia.
From the South African boerewors, Thai sai au,
Scottish square sausage, Argentine choripan, German
bratwurst, Serbian cevapcici, American hotdogs and
English bangers, the event proved the sausage in bread
could be much more than just a humble snag on white.
The event also acted as a fundraiser for student groups:
Adelaide University Union, AU Sports and the Student
Emergency Fund, each taking away $2500 from the day.
Get your hot dogs!
Fun and games on the Cloister lawns.
Some of our fabulous volunteers cooking up
a storm of sausages on the day.
Having a ball at 'Hot Bun Bingo'.
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