The Challenge is over, now it is time to write a paper. Therefore we need some aditional data from the robot. So we went to a gravel plant to get these detailed informations on different terrains and inclines.

Lets go, CESAR ( click to enlarge )

As you can see it was very cold!

Our operator is freezing. ( click to enlarge )

Well, CESAR did a great job, he managed most of the different terrains easily.

CESAR on top of the world. ( click to enlarge )

CESAR also fell down on one hill...

CESAR falling. OH NO! ( click to enlarge )

...but he tumbeled down, landed on his feet and directly was ready to reclimb it.

CESAR is a very robust system! ( click to enlarge )

Finally! After over a month of shipping the 6 CESAR-boxes are back at the DFKI in Bremen. Joel and Felix reassembled the robots mechanics yesterday and Michael and I cleared most of the boxes today. After that I set up Schlupp and checked the system. CESAR has survived the trip! I could not test the video-stuff and the repeater but the electronic inside the robot and the communication with Schlupp are working fine.

Finally back at home ( click to enlarge )

And here for you to enjoy a best of video with our own video material compiled by mechano-mastermind Felix. I've heard Oulu has good material of our bot too. So stay tuned ...

-CESAR Crew,
Live from the

Since 8 p.m. Wednesday evening CESAR robot is a well shaped, fully functional, fast and fun system. All parts of the communication, control and robot system are perfectly working. I'm SO glad =) (check previous posts, especially YouTube-Video about the accident).
It seems that this was the last 18 hour day for the next three weeks. Time to relax and prepare for the big challenge. Good luck to our ambitious competitors:

- Jacobs University
- Universidad Politecnica de Madrid
- Oulun Yliopisto (University of Oulu)
- Università di Pisa
- Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna
- Surrey Space Centre, University of Surrey
- Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule - ETH)

(For the new readers: challenge announcement )

The game is on

As a "Betthupferl" here the latest impressions of the bot, the place, the people ... enjoy!

CESAR's controlstick ... of to the craters! ( click to enlarge )


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The repeater. It is planned to be dropped at the crater's rim to forward video and 868MHz communication( click to enlarge )


The remains of the team with a slightly less need for sleep( click to enlarge )


Merely minutes away from the first goal! #1( click to enlarge )


Merely minutes away from the first goal! #2( click to enlarge )


Souvenir pic of the institute's own crater #1( click to enlarge )


Souvenir pic of the institute's own crater #1( click to enlarge )