2018 : SCOUT-E
(Sample Collecting Optical Ultimate Terrain Explorer)
Tested at the Mars Desert Research Station in Utah
Sensors: Remote controlled through antennas and four on-board cameras.
1 mini-computer to run cameras.
Custom Printed Circuit Board with a parallax propeller chip to run everything else.
Wheels and hand 3D Printed
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2017 : CLOEE
(Camera-controlled, Land-based, Optical, Electronic, Explorer)
- Invited by NASA to do testing at the Johnson Space Center’s Mars Yard in Houston, Texas.
Sensors: Remote controlled through satellites and four on-board cameras. 1 mini-computer to run cameras.
Custom Printed Circuit Board with a parallax propeller chip to run everything else.
Wheels and hand 3D Printed
- https://tsjcrobotics.tech.blog/2017/05/22/a-trip-to-remember/
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2016 : SABLE
(Scoop and Bucket Land Explorer)
Sensors:
RF Sensor (for beacon)
Sparkfun Compass and 3-axis Accelerometer combined
Three Sharp IRs
Three Pings
Two Flexi-Forces
One Laser Range Finder or Pixy
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2015 : BEK-E
(Beacon Electronic Kinect Explorer) had 1 Printed Circuit Board designed by a student.
- Sensors: Kinect, Compass, Tilt, Beacon, 3 IRs, Flexiforce, 2 Pings, 2 LCDs.
- Language: PropC.
Body and Wheels 3D Printed.
- Dunes: Finished all 6 Courses.
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2014 : ALLEN
(Autonomous Logical Land-Based Electronic Navigator) had 1 PropBoard from Parallax.
- Sensors: Bump(new design), Compass, Tilt, Beacon, IR, Flexiforce, LCD
- Language: PropC beta version
Wheels 3D Printed.
- Dunes: Finished all 6 Courses.
(First robot to finish all courses).
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2013 : CAT
(Crawling Autonomous Terrabot) had 1 Propeller chip from Parallax.
- Sensors: Bump (new design), Compass, Tilt, Beacon, LCD
- Language: Propeller Spin
- Dunes: Finished Course I, II, III and IV.
(First robot to finish Course IV).
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2012 : CASPER2
(Clear Autonomous Sensory Perceiving Environment Robot) had 3 BASIC Stamp boards from Parallax.
- Sensors: Bump, Compass, Tilt, Beacon
- Language: pBASIC
- Dunes: Finished Course I, II and III.
(First robot to finish Course III).
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2011 : CASPER
(Clear Autonomous Sensory Perceiving Environment Robot) had 3 BASIC Stamp boards from Parallax.
- Sensors: Bump, Compass, Tilt, Beacon
- Language: pBASIC
- Dunes: Finished Course I, II.
(First robot to finish Course II).
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2010 : Whiskers
5 BASIC Stamp boards from Parallax.
- Sensors: Bump, Infrareds, Compass, Tilt
- Language: pBASIC
- Finished Course I.
At that time, no robot had successfully completed Course I.
Course I was moving in the sand and going north.
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