Yıldız Rover

Yıldız Technical University, Istanbul

Competitions We Prepare

University Rover Challenge

May 27 - May 30, 2026 | Mars Desert Research Station, Hanksville, Utah, USA

European Rover Challenge

August 29-31, 2026 | AGH University of Krakow, Poland

Anatolian Rover Challenge

July, 2026 | Ankara, Turkey

Teknofest

Agricultural Unmanned Land Vehicle Competition | 2026 | Turkey

# AR-GE'de Eğitimde Kulüpleriyle Mars'ta Uzay'da LiderYTÜ

Yıldız Rover

About Us

Yıldız Rover is an interdisciplinary student robotics team under SPARK (Space and Art Kitchen). We design, build, and test planetary rovers and we do it with the goal of representing Yıldız Technical University and Turkey on the international stage through bold, hands-on engineering.

With teammates from 21 different departments, we bring together skills from mechanical design to electronics, software, and science. That mix of perspectives helps us move fast, solve problems creatively, and turn big mission ideas into a rover that’s ready for the field.

What is rover?

Rover, a space exploration vehicle, is an autonomous system designed to act in extreme conditions, produced to perform all specific tasks such as collecting information about other planets examining samples taken from the field to investigate the possibility of life.

Our Goals

Represent our country in the best way possible in the biggest Rover Challenges around the world.
Make people curious about the space-related work areas and encourage engineers to take part in similar projects.
Raise awareness among the companies about the space-related R&D that we can pioneer and help increase the start-ups related to these fields.
Raise young engineers as versatile and equipped experts in space-related fields.

Our fourth-generation rover GENESIS!

Yıldız Rover presents the System Acceptance Review video submission for the University Rover Challenge 2025. Since our establishment, we have been carrying out our work with great effort in our project. We are proud and excited to share our fourth-generation rover GENESIS with you.

We need your support!

Sponsorship

We need your support to provide the necessary materials for the mechanical design, electronic hardware equipment, and the scientific laboratory that can perform soil analysis. One of our biggest needs is accommodation and transportation fees. We also need your support for our organizational needs.

You can support us and take advantage of our sponsorship packages.

Contact Us

 

For more information or for your offers, you can contact us at the e-mail address below.

 

Yıldız Rover

Yildiz Technical University – Davutpasa Campus | Davutpasa Street, 34220,
Esenler, Istanbul, Turkey

rover@yildiz.edu.tr

Business Team Lead

Kardelen Ataoğlu
+90 552 206 5354

Technical Team Lead

Azra Ilgın PULETİN
+90 506 274 80 04