Integra, a Student Research Club at the AGH University, was presented with an award of the Minister of Education and Science for outstanding young scientists. On behalf of the Research Club, the award was received by its supervisor, Dr hab. Marek Długosz.
Integra AGH operates at the Department of Automatic Control and Robotics at the Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Automatics, Computer Science, and Biomedical Engineering. It brings together enthusiasts of robotics interested in automation, electronics, physics, or modelling. The main activity of the Club is to create and constantly improve mobile and autonomous robots. What is more, Integra organises Robocomp, a robotics festival. Members of the student club actively participate in numerous conferences and workshops, during which they have an opportunity to present their projects. The team is also closely involved in charity events such as Szlachetna Paczka.
Integra won multiple awards in national and international competitions. In 2022, it was on the podium of the prestigious F1TENTH Korea Championship, an autonomous vehicle competition. The student team from the AGH University was the only one to represent Europe.
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According to the Ministry of Education and Science, the award winners create ambitious projects and contribute to the development of Polish science. Among the awardees were young people who conduct research, for example on the optimisation of the use of mRNA in medical therapies, engage in the promotion of science and new technologies, and implement inventions in industrial practice on a daily basis. The group of awarded persons also included enthusiasts of space technologies and designers of analogue Martian rovers.
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