The Zagi Race competition, organized by AESS, required teams to design, build, and fly a Zagi-type wing capable of making autonomous decisions using artificial intelligence to navigate through obstacles. Unlike the 2021 competition, this year’s participation was in collaboration with the University of Cauca. The Zauton team built a design similar to the one used in 2021 but with new materials such as expanded polystyrene and carbon fiber. The electronics system was based on iNav technology integrated with GPS, a camera, and a flight computer. The team achieved first place in the professional category.

The AIAA Undergraduate Space Design Competition is an international competition focused on fully developing a space mission previously defined by AIAA. In this case, the objective was to design an unmanned mission to Mars to bring samples back to Earth. This was the first time the Aerospace Engineering undergraduate program participated in the challenge, achieving third place in the competition. See more.

You can check out the details of the Haba-Sulue team's project here.

* The participating team was composed of members from the Delta V and Voyager research groups.

The Zagi Race competition, organized by AESS, involved designing, building, and flying a Zagi-type wing capable of making decisions using artificial intelligence for autonomous flight through multiple obstacles. The Galeata team stood out for using 3D printing for its fuselage and fiberglass for its general structure. The control system utilized a Raspberry Pi computer and open-source libraries such as ArduPilot, OpenCV, and DroneKit. The team secured second place in the professional category.

Vera Gravitas is a team of engineering students from the University of Antioquia. Initially formed to participate in the Barcelona ZeroG Challenge 2021-2022, the team was composed entirely of women with the social mission of encouraging young Colombian girls to join STEM fields through workshops and talks.

The Barcelona ZeroG Challenge is an international competition that involves designing and building an experiment to be tested in microgravity, achieved through parabolic flight. The Vera Gravitas team won first place, earning the opportunity to test their experiment in microgravity. Their project focused on investigating the behavior of soldering electronic components in microgravity conditions through an autonomous system capable of making high-quality solder joints on printed circuits. On October 5, 2022, the team tested their experiment in Sabadell, Barcelona. See more.

On March 10, 2023, they were selected as winners in the eighth round of the DropTES program by the United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs (UNOOSA) for their scientific and female leadership. As winners, they will have the opportunity to analyze the properties of tin droplets and solder joints under microgravity effects, exploring the challenges of material soldering in space. Their experiment stood out for its relevance in the aerospace sector and for promoting female empowerment in science at both national and international levels. See more.

For more information on the project and team updates, visit their Instagram profile: View profile.

Participation in the 'Condors' category of CanSat Latin America, which involved developing a CanSat capable of measuring temperature, atmospheric pressure, altitude, and position using GPS modules. See more.

The team Red Floyd focused the development of their CanSat on image analysis using infrared vision to study the soil vegetation index. Additionally, the CanSat had the capability to collect altitude, humidity, and temperature data. Red Floyd achieved second place in the competition. In 2023, the team Red Floyd published a scientific article related to their project in the IEEE Aerospace and Electronic Systems journal. Read it here.

The team Omicron was distinguished by its focus on terrain analysis applications such as livestock farming, topography, etc. This CanSat had the capability to obtain data on temperature, relative humidity, carbon monoxide, and carbon dioxide, allowing them to achieve third place in the competition. See more.

Participation in the Rover Latin America 2021 Innovation Challenge organized by AESS. The team EVA² developed a prototype agricultural rover called SARA, which integrates a guided geolocation system, a corn planting system, a detection system for climatic and phytosanitary variables, automation of plowing and agriculture processes, among other possible applications in terrestrial and Martian environments. Additionally, SARA seeks to have a positive ecological impact; therefore, its energy supply and storage include solar panels, as well as reused or recyclable materials in its structure, which has stable performance in hostile terrains. Learn more about the Rover here.

In this competition, the team EVA² achieved first place in the 'Condors' category. See more.

The CanSat Colombia challenge, organized by AESS, consisted of designing and building a mini satellite model capable of measuring pressure, temperature, altitude, and position. In the 'Condors' category of this competition, first, second, and fourth place were achieved by the teams Helios, VoltaX, and J-Comp, respectively. See more.

The team VoltaX had the opportunity to publish a scientific article related to their project. Read it here.