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Building The
Pathfinder
Rover
by Bogdan Chifor
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The Military Technical
Academy’s contest
entry for the recent
Digilent Design
Contest — the
Pathfinder Rover —
was awarded first
prize in the European
Finals and second prize
in the Worldwide
Finals. This rover — the
work of two students:
Bogdan Chifor and
Nicolae Rosia —
explores the idea of
creating a versatile,
minimalist, and low
cost platform that
could replace humans
in hostile surveillance
and exploration
missions.
FIGURE 1. Pathfinder rover.
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