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| MSU | ROVER Team |
| An interdisciplinary, cross-college team of innovative students passionate about designing and building autonomous robots to explore Earth, space and beyond. Building robots since 2021. | |
We are the first SILVER MEDALIST of CANADIAN INTERNATIONAL ROVER CHALLENGE in Russia. | |
Our CIRC 2025 score: | |
We are the first finalists from Russia in INTERNATIONAL ROVER CHALLENGE. | |
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Our robots
In September 2022, we began studying practical robotics with engineering experiments with the suspension and with the software development for the MSU Rover, a prototype rover assembled at the Research Institute of Mechanics of Moscow State University.
The first generation of our EUREKA rover was released in 2023. It was an all-terrain vehicle with video cameras, a robotic arm and the ability to carry additional payloads. EUREKA is controlled remotely from a wireless station. With this rover we became 8th place in IRC 2024.
In 2024, we introduced “EUREKA 2.0”, an autonomous all-terrain vehicle with video cameras, the robotics arm, geological and meteorological modules. We are 6th in the IRC 2025 global ranking with this rover.
We are currently continuing our research in the field of motion control and working on the third generation of our autonomous rover – “LANCER EVO I”. We were awarded 🥈 Second Place at CIRC 2025 with this rover. We design, build and develop all the components, systems, modules and software of our robots ourselves.
Rover EUREKA project
This is a student-run project, the main goal of which is to design and build robots for participation in the international student team engineering competitions like “International Rover Challenge”, “Canadian International Rover Challenge”, “University Rover Challenge”, “European Rover Challenge” or “Russian Rover Challenge”. The competition is aimed at developing engineering skills, interdisciplinary cooperation and the ability to work in a team.
Now, in 2025, our team consists of everyone from freshmen to graduate students from various disciplines from Moscow State University, National Research University “Moscow Power Engineering Institute”, Skolkovo Institute of Science and Technology (Skoltech), Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology and Moscow Technical University of Communications and Informatics. We aim to inspire and educate students about robotics and space exploration. We guide students to become word-class engineers.
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Events
CANADIAN INTERNATIONAL ROVER CHALLENGE 2025
INTERNATIONAL ROVER CHALLENGE 2025
INTERNATIONAL ROVER CHALLENGE 2024
11.07.2025
The finals of “Russian Rover Challenge” for school students, Institute of Mechanics, MSU, Moscow.
26.04.2025
Our scientific supervisors
Vladimir M. Budanov
Acting Head of the Robotics Laboratory of the Research Institute of Mechanics of MSU, Associate Professor of the Department of APPLIED MECHANICS AND CONTROL of the faculty of Mechanics and Mathematics of MSU, PhD in Physics and Mathematics. (MSU Rover Team University Advisor)
Viktor A. Chertopolokhov
Researcher at the Department of APPLIED MECHANICS AND CONTROL of the Faculty of Mechanics and Mathematics of MSU, PhD in Physics and Mathematics.
Jorge Isaac Chairez Oria
PhD on Automatic Control Sciences, Departamento de Mecatrónica y Automatización, Tecnológico de Monterrey, Mexico
Konstantin V. Klimov
Leading specialist of the robotics laboratory of the Research Institute of Mechanics of MSU
Буданов Владимир Михайлович
И.о. заведующего лаборатории робототехники НИИ МЕХАНИКИ МГУ, доцент кафедры ПРИКЛАДНОЙ МЕХАНИКИ И УПРАВЛЕНИЯ механико-математического факультета МГУ, к.ф.-м.н.
Чертополохов Виктор Александрович
Научный сотрудник кафедры ПРИКЛАДНОЙ МЕХАНИКИ И УПРАВЛЕНИЯ механико-математического факультета МГУ, к.ф.-м.н.
Jorge Isaac Chairez Oria
Researcher, DR., Unidad Profesional Interdisciplinaria de Biotecnología (UPIBI), Instituto Politécnico Nacional (IPN)
Project team
Andrei Smirnov
6th year student, the Mechanics Department of the Mechanics and Mathematics Faculty of MSU.
Project lead,
Mechanical engineer, Electronic engineer.
Vsevolod Egorov
Master's student, National Research University ``Moscow Power Engineering Institute``.
Chief software department, Embedded Software engineer, ROS specialist.
Dmitry Kozhanov
Postgraduate student, Faculty of Geology, MSU.
Chief geologist.
Iaroslav Kolomiets
Мaster's student, Skolkovo Institute of Science and Technology (Skoltech).
Software engineer, ROS navigation stack and SLAM specialist.
Iaroslav Sheipak
Postgraduate student, Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology (National Research University).
Software engineer, AI and Computer Vision specialist.
Mikhail Reppo
3rd year student, Moscow Technical University of Communications and Informatics.
Software engineer, Computer Vision specialist.
