Welcome to OSURC Mars Rover

OSURC's 2009 Mars Rover project, for competition in the Mars Society's University Rover Challenge.

Competition Complete

• Congratulations to York University who are the new University Rover Challenge Champions!
• We look forward to next year, we have already begun preparations to retake the competition next year
• Check out our new Mars Rover project here

Announcement May 25 2009

• Worked on GPS
• Arm Control Software Prototype
• Tried out TURBO button and it was hard to keep up with
• Video Systems work well
• Pan/Tilt works well
• Ran over more Railroad ties (Video Coming Soon)

Announcement May 24 2009

• Video Switching Works
• Camera Control Working (Still need long range zoom)
• Implemented TURBO Drive mode which goes twice as fast as before
• Robotic Arm Fully functional, Macros being programmed
• GPS having small issues with calibration
• Budget Report Finalized and sent off for review

Announcement May 23 2009

• Rover is able to repeatedly hurdle over railroad ties
• Communications are working excellently
• Video is clear and Camera Stabilization System seems to work
• Video Switching is being worked on
• Robotic arm is being fine tuned
• Camera Control is on its way

Announcement May 15 2009

• Successfully tested remote operation in a large gravel parking lot. It was difficult to keep up with the rover, we will not have any speed problems in utah, this thing hauls!

Announcement May 5 2009

• Check out our new Paint Job -->

Announcement April 25 2009

• Ran through our Rehearsal. We identified many problems that would have been much worse if we didnt test it out.

Links

• Wiki Map
  • Sponsors
  • General Project Info
    • Images
    • Video
    • Timeline
    • OfficialMemberList
    • Discussion Forums
    • Agenda/MeetingOverview - Agenda and Summary of meetings
    • AnnouncementArchive - Archive of announcements
    • PlanningFor2009 - Planning/Organization for the 2009 team.
  • Software
    • SoftwareStatus - Current Status of the software.
    • SoftwarePlan - The plan of attack for software.
    • SoftwareTeamRequirements - If you are working with the software, read this.
    • BuildingSoftware - How to compile the code.
    • SoftwareTestCheckoff - Checkoff list of what needs to be tested for each block.
    • SoftwareToDo - List of items that need to be cleaned or documented.

• Electrical
  • ElectricalDocumentation
  • PowerSources - This is where to discuss power source related topics. For example, should we go with an electric or gas powered drive system.
  • WritingFirmware
• Mechanical
  • MechanicalDocumentation

• 2009Tasks
  • SiteSurveyTask
  • ExtremophileSearchTask
  • EmergencyNavigationTask
  • ConstructionTask

SVN

• Subversion: Using Subversion

Enjoy!
The osurcmarsrover Team

Trac Documentation

• TracGuide -- Built-in Documentation
• The Trac project -- Trac Open Source Project
• Trac FAQ -- Frequently Asked Questions
• TracSupport -- Trac Support

For a complete list of local wiki pages, see TitleIndex.