The requirements and guidelines for the 2009 competition are available on the URC website. Major changes include:

  • Using an internal combustion engine now requires designing a system that will work on Mars. This means we must figure in the cost and weight of an air-supply system to the rover (but not build it).
  • New Tasks Are:

TODO

  1. Get OSURC Approval (Ticket #2760)
  2. Document existing rover and figure out what needs to be fixed
  3. Fundraise
  4. please continue the list...

Brainstorming

Ideas for improvement

  • Better battery
  • alternator
  • gps
  • data link failure
  • low voltage monitor
  • monitoring system
  • 3d video system
  • Renovated Voltage system
  • Gasoline Engine Research
  • Cleaned up electronics
  • Robotic Arm Control
    • Transmitting 3d video over one channel (ie: Red/cyan anaglyph with processing on rover) - Maybe this would cost more than adding another video transmission channel?
  • please add more to this list...

Positions

The group decided on a Committee like structure for this project. This will consist of the leads of each sub-group(ECE, ME, and CS), the Club Exec Member, and the Faculty adviser. All decisions and organization will be ultimately decided by this committee, however it will be brought before the group as a whole for discussion. There must be a delegation of decision making to avoid head-butting and to insure progression of the project.

Committee

  • Main Lead/Exec Member: Ryan Albright
  • Electrical Lead: Jordan Levy/Tyler Slone
  • Software Lead: Ben Goska
  • Mechanical Lead: Jon Doltar
  • Faculty Adviser: Matt Shuman
  • Documentation Lead: Ben Lampert
  • Logistics Lead: Akhila Nandgopal

Members

  • Computer Science Members:
    • Taj Morton
    • Scott Rosenbalm
    • Ben Porter
  • Electrical and Computer Engineering Members:
    • Leon Glaser
    • Joey Tomlinson
    • Brandon Gibbs
    • Ben Lampert
  • Mechanical Engineering Members:
    • Elizabeth Davis
    • Michael Braun

Below is a list of people interested in the Mars Rover Project. Please edit this page to add or change information about what you are interested in doing. If you are interested in being on the team, but aren't on the list, please add your name. If you are interested in a lead position, please indicate that. We need to have enough information at our meeting on Sunday (11/2/08) to assign positions for the Organization document we will present to the OSURC executive team on Monday.

Mechanical:

  • Austin
  • Matt
  • Brandon

Electrical

  • Joey - I am planning to focus on the aerial project, but I can help a bit with electrical things. Especially at the start while the aerial project is in planning stages.
  • Tyler (analogue, signals and power supplies)
  • Ben(sensors)
  • Leon
  • Brandon
  • Scott R

Computer Science

  • Taj
  • Ben P
  • Akhila
  • Scott R

10/26/2008 Notes

Resurrection:

  • Go through documentation, make it clearer and more accessible
  • Organization: Get the groups in order and delegate tasks
  • Go back and see what needs to be improved, changed or replaced
  • Look at OSURC documentation

11/2/2008 Notes

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