Mars Rover Manipal secured 1st place among 25 global qualifiers at the International Rover Challenge 2024, held at PSG College of Technology in Coimbatore from January 24th to 29th. Organized by SproS, this accomplishment underscores the team's technical prowess and positions them prominently in the global space exploration community.

Indian Rover Challenge (IRC) 2019, the second edition, featured design challenges and technicalities, encouraging students from all over the world to provide solutions and move closer towards the next phases of space exploration. It was organized by the students of Mars Rover Manipal in association with Manipal Academy of Higher Education and the Mars Society.

Mars Rover Manipal participated in IRC 2018 along with teams from all over Asia. The event was organized by ISTE VIT and Creative Labs at Vellore Institute of Technology. Mars Rover Manipal performed very well and were declared winners with a final score of 616 points out of 760, beating the second closest opponent by a margin of 129 points.

The 18th edition of University Rover Challenge was held at the Mars Desert Research Station in Hanksville, Utah from 29th May to June 1st 2024. Mars Rover Manipal was able to maintain its streak of being the best rover team from India for its 7th consecutive year.

The 16th edition of University Rover Challenge was held at the Mars Desert Research Station in Hanksville, Utah from June 1st to June 4th 2022. MRM was also the recipient of the prestigious John Barainca award for the best science team in the competition, securing an 85/100 in this challenging mission.

The 14th edition of University Rover Challenge was cancelled due to the Corona virus Pandemic. MRM stood 1st in India, 2nd in Asia and 7th worldwide based on SAR results. We also continued our run of being the best Indian Rover Team for the fourth consecutive year.

MRM secured the 8th rank globally which placed us as the best rover team in Asia. MRM was the recipient of the prestigious Barainca award for the best science team in the competition, securing a 95/100 in this challenging mission.

MRM secured a world rank of 7 in URC 2018. Our rover Airawat once again placed us as India's best and Asia's second best rover team at URC.

We achieved 8th position all over the world. Our rover was the best performer from India and Asia. Our biggest highlight was the score of 100 out of 100 in the Science Cache Task.

This was the first time we were participating in URC. 63 teams registered for the competition and 28 were selected. We stood 13th all over the world. Our rover was ranked second best in India and Asia.

Mars Rover Manipal bagged the 4th position out of 20 teams from four countries in the fourth edition of the International Rover Design Challenge (IRDC), hosted by the Space Robotics Society (SPROS).

Mars Rover Manipal bagged the 2nd position out of 24 teams from four countries in the third edition of the International Rover Design Challenge (IRDC), hosted by the Space Robotics Society (SPROS).

Mars Rover Manipal bagged the 3rd position out of 32 teams from four countries in the second edition of the International Rover Design Challenge (IRDC), hosted by Mars Society South Asia (MSSA).

Mars Rover Manipal bagged the 1st position in IRDC 2020. 28 teams from 7 countries had taken part. MRM scored 816.5 points for the submission, securing the first position by a margin of 15 points.

Mars Rover Manipal finished 2nd out of 28 teams from around the world in the remote edition of the European Rover Challenge (ERC) 2022. In addition, we were awarded The Best Performing Team in the Science, Maintenance and Presentation Tasks.

Mars Rover Manipal finished 4th out of 34 teams from around the world in the remote edition of the European Rover Challenge (ERC). In addition, we received an honourable mention as the best performing team in the presentation task.

Mars Rover Manipal bagged the 3rd position worldwide in IMH 2020.