Founded in 2022 by five visionary students passionate about space technologies, Cengaver Rover is a dynamic engineering team aiming to represent our country in the international arena with exponentially growing goals each year.

Our journey began at the 2023 Anatolian Rover Challenge (ARC) with a core team of 8 members. With the experience and motivation gained, we participated in the 2024 ARC with a strong team of 30. Although we successfully designed and built a new rover in 2025, we made a strategic decision aligned with our long-term sustainability principles: we turned financial constraints into a strategic advantage by rolling our 2025 budget over to our 2026 goals.

Today, empowered by this strategic move, a dedicated team of 50 people is working day and night for the 2026 European Rover Challenge (ERC) and Anatolian Rover Challenge (ARC). With our interdisciplinary structure consisting of 6 specialized sub-teams: Mechanics, Electronics, Software, Science, Social Media, and Sponsorship. We professionally manage all the engineering and operational processes required to build a space rover.

At Cengaver Rover, we are not just developing technology; we are also building the egalitarian work culture of the future. The fact that 40% of our team consists of female members is the greatest proof of the value we place on equal opportunity and the innovative power born from diverse perspectives.

In this challenging yet proud journey, we are moving forward with the strong support of our main sponsor ASELSAN, alongside HubX, Phinia, Framo Morath, ESA Teknoloji, and our university.