Students from the Higher Technical School of Engineering at the University of Seville win the local NASA Space Apps event

Four students from the Higher Technical School of Engineering at the University of Seville have won the local NASA Space Apps Challenge 2024 in Seville and have been selected as Global Nominees, giving them the opportunity to present their project at the global level. Thanks to their innovative project, titled “ExoBox,” they have advanced to the global phase of this international competition, where they will compete against the best projects in the world.

The team developed ExoBox as a solution to improve the physical and mental health of astronauts on long-duration missions. This device combines interactive games and physical exercises, using an exoskeleton that simulates Earth's gravity to help combat muscle atrophy and bone loss, as well as promote team cohesion and astronaut well-being.

The team, composed mostly of students from the Higher Technical School of Engineering at the University of Seville, such as Javier Martínez Lorenzo and Esperanza García Vela, both students of the Master in Aeronautical Engineering; and Marta Pavón Núñez and Guillermo Rodríguez-Izquierdo Gallardo, students of the Degree in Aerospace Engineering, is also made up of José Manuel Viñas Jiménez, students of the Degree in Chemical Engineering at the University of Granada and María Isabel Rivas Vega, student of the Degree in Economic Data Analysis at the Pablo de Olavide University, Seville.

This year, the hackathon received over 9,900 projects, of which only 947 have been selected as Global Nominees. These projects will now be evaluated by NASA experts to select the finalists, who will be announced on November 19.

For more information about the team and their project, visit: Interstellar Playgrounds - NASA Space Apps.