An Open Source Rover example, built by NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory: In this image, the rover shows off its ability to roll over a pile of rocks.
Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech
Posted on 08/05/2018 10:52:59 AM PDT by BenLurkin
Open Source Rover is a "scaled down version of Curiosity," according to agency officials, and the project includes several features, like six-wheel steering and "rocker-bogie suspension." JPL published this design on the development platform GitHub. Instructions for building your own Open Source Rover are available for download here on the platform.
This project is a successor to an earlier educational rover model called "ROV-E," which received positive responses in schools and museums, NASA said. The Open Source Rover offers a more affordable, less complicated model, and according to agency officials, people can assemble the new model with off-the-shelf parts for about $2,500.
"While the OSR [Open Source Rover] instructions are quite detailed, they still allow the builder the option of making their own design choices," JPL officials said. "For example, builders can decide what controllers to use, weigh the trade-offs of adding USB cameras or solar panels and even attach science payloads. The baseline design of OSR … will allow users to choose how they want to customize and add to their rover, touching on multiple hardware and software principles along the way."
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I’m just waiting for my latest copy of “Rat Rover”
to see what kind of Red Neck Martian jalopies people
have built.
Actually I’d like to see the real one…at its current worksite
It was later mangled by a squirrel. Such is science.
Which gives me an idea about making a small radio controlled car, mounted with camera and lights to patrol my small rural property. The critters are going to just love this, lol.
Laz as a kid.
Have these people seen RC cars lately?
The brazen bunnies around here would ignore it.
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