2018 Canadian International Rover Challenge – CIRC
Header Image - Our team at CIRC Protocase Central (Credit: Angela Howell) Our team had a great showing at the second annual Canadian International Rover Challenge. Our team only had…
Updates related to the rover
University Rover Challenge 2018
Our team has just returned from competition in Utah, placing 18th out of 98 teams. The extensive use of carbon fibre on our rover has lead to a larger and…
Global News Interview – Mars Rover
This morning USST President Austin Shirley was interviewed on Global News this morning. Austin spoke about how the President’s Student Experience Fund enables the Space Team to build our rover…
Accepting our first place prizes in a state of overjoyed disbelief
ERC – 1st Place Finish
After finally getting some sleep last night - though not as much as we wanted - we got to the ERC competition grounds to complete our final event - the…
European Rover Challenge 2015
ERC – First Day of Competition
Today, the USST finished our first day of competition at ERC! As we suspected, we ended up staying up until around 4:30 am last night working on the rover, only…
Liam, Austin, and Kyle enjoying Kielce's beautiful old town.
Arrived in Poland
After a solid sixteen hours of travel, the USST finally made it to Poland! After making it to our hotel, checking out Krakow’s Old Town, and sleeping for another eleven…
USST Featured in Star Phoenix
To see our recent interview with the Star Phoenix, please go here.
USST Passes 2015 URC Critical Design Review
The USST has passed the final stage to attend the 2015 University Rover Challenge. While there was a record of 44 team's to apply to the URC, only 23 were…
2015 Rover Design – Rocker-Bogie Suspension
In the third video of the 2015 design series you can see the rocker-bogie suspension system. While this is the same system we used last year, stronger, and more reliable…
Interview with CBC Radio
This past Sunday the USST Vice-President of Engineering, Austin Shirley, had a discussion on CBC radio about our rover, the URC, and the benefits of participating in the USST! Check…