Taprobane 1.0
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The First Mars Rover of Sri Lanka By Kaveendri Rathnayake SEDS Sri Lanka, a student based national and international organization mainly focused on the exploration and development of space brought the glory to the motherland by its very recent project Taprobane 1.0 which participated in European Rover Challenge (ERC) 2019. European Rover Challenge (ERC) , The annual international Martian robots competition is one of the biggest robotics and space events in the world, co-organized by the European Space Foundation, Mars Society Polska, Starachowice Special Economic Zone and the Kielce University of Technology. As for the 6th consective year ERC 2019 commenced with 56 team from 16 countries all around the world representing 6 continents. For the first time in world history SEDS Sri Lanka participated in this competition introducing Taprobane 1.0 , the very first rover from Sri Lanka. This project was a united effort of SEDS members of government and private universities who a