02/04/2026
📣 UNSW Canberra × Australian Defence Force Academy | Meet Marvin V2 and the RAS Team 🚀🤖
Our joint UNSW Canberra Robotics & Autonomous Systems (RAS) Team, made up of students from both ADFA and non‑military study pathways, has returned from last week’s Australian Rover Challenge with an incredible 4th‑place finish! 🎉
Competing with their upgraded semiautonomous rover, Marvin V2, the team successfully completed tasks in autonomous mapping, construction, and resource analysis on a simulated lunar surface 🌕🔧
Across four specialised subsystems - Science, Electrical, Mechanical, and Software - the team worked together to design, build, and operate the rover throughout the challenge.
This year’s event featured 17 Australian teams, plus international competitors from Poland, Indonesia, India and Kazakhstan 🌏making the achievement even more impressive.
A huge congratulations to the entire RAS Team for their innovation, teamwork, and outstanding effort. We’re proud to share this success together and look forward to what’s next! 🙌✨