MIST’s Mongol Barota tops the prestigious University Rover Challenge 2021, BRACU ranks 4th Team members of Mongol Barota. Photo: Courtesy Maisha Islam Monamee Maisha Islam Monamee Military Institute of Science & Technology (MIST)'s rover team, Mongol Barota, ranked first in the University Rover Challenge (URC) 2021. Organised by the Mars Society, the URC is the most prestigious robotics competition for college students across the world. The annual event is hosted in the United States and challenges students to design and build the next generation of Mars rovers that have the potential to aid in space exploration. Due to the pandemic, the finals of URC were cancelled this year and the hosts came up with an alternative virtual challenge. It provided participants with the opportunity to build courses on their own campuses, and compete remotely while judges and fans tuned in online. The competition included three missions and 13 teams from 5 countries were able to compete in the finals where all the sessions were live streamed.