American International University of Bangladesh (AIUB) robotic crew stood 18th in the world, 4th among the Asian teams and top scorer between the two teams from Bangladesh, in the 2019 University Rover Challenge (URC) finals.
The competition was held on 30 May-1 June at the renowned Mars Desert Research Station in Southern Utah, USA, said an AIUB press release.
The URC is a project of The Mars Society, an international non-profit human to Mars organization.
A total of 84 teams representing 13 countries took part in the initial phase, which included 5 from Bangladesh.
In March 2019, top 36 teams were selected through a System Acceptance Review (SAR) milestone to compete in the final.
