Robotics for Space Exploration (RSX) is a space robotics design team where you can take part in designing and building space robots and competing around the world!

RSX was formed in 2013 by passionate roboticists, space enthusiasts, and undergraduate students. Our team challenges students to be innovative, striving to push boundaries in extraterrestrial exploration. We encourage students to learn about, experiment with, and develop proficiency in engineering technology, and promote growth through hands-on experience. RSX proudly represents the University of Toronto at various international competitions, including the University Rover Challenge in Utah, USA, and the European Rover Challenge in Kielce, Poland. For these competitions, we build a 50 kg Mars Rover with a robotic arm and construct scientific payloads for various missions including the search for life!

It is our mission to form a multidisciplinary team of engineers dedicated to the development and implementation of innovative technology designed specifically for space exploration. The hostility, unfamiliarity, and unknowns related to environments beyond the Earth’s atmosphere pose significant challenges to engineers and scientists. With a rapidly growing aerospace and robotics industry coupled with increasingly accessible and affordable technology, the underpinning goal of RSX will be to provide all of its members with a comprehensive, practical, and concrete understanding of space exploration to meet these challenges. As space exploration is highly multidisciplinary, RSX will welcome engineers and scientists from diverse backgrounds, interests, and skill sets. However, RSX also welcomes anyone who has an interest in space robotics, regardless of experience level. We believe that anyone who is willing to learn is able to thrive in RSX, and we are happy to foster their growth to become the next scientists and engineers.