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Student recruitment // HSM AriesBring the curiosity.
Not a spectator sport.
Bring the curiosity.
Build the rover.
HSM Aries is for students who want to make space robotics real — in CAD, code, the workshop and the field.
08departments17/124Place / registered teams · 25 finalistsLeap-2in development
Recruitment // onboardingYour route to
Your route to
the rover.
At HSM Aries, you will design, machine, program and field-test planetary rovers competing at the European Rover Challenge.
- Who can join
- Students of Hochschule Schmalkalden and partner universities across all semesters and faculties.
- Next rover
- Leap-2 · Project 02 of the LEAP series, in development
Build with the crew
Turn ideas into hardware and software in the workshop with a multidisciplinary team.
Prove it in the field
Test, iterate and take the rover into a live European Rover Challenge campaign.
Apply to
the crew.
There is no perfect CV for a rover team. Tell us what interests you, what you have tried and where you want to learn.
AddressRobotics lab, Hochschule Schmalkalden
Blechhammer 9, 98574 Schmalkalden, Germany