RoverX - A lunar rover study

Posted on 14/07/2011 by markusb
Modified on: 13/09/2018
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This is a lunar rover study I am doing for the Google Lunar X Prize. RoverX is a so called wheg robot. I was inspired by the work of the Case Biorobotics Lab. I started with some sketchup drafts before I built the robot, using 2mm and 1.5mm aluminum sheet. The wheel legs are from VEX. I've added 6mm wheel hubs to connect the wheels with the 4 gearde motors (cytron-12v-12rpm-166oz-in-spur-gearmotor).The motor driver is a Sabertooth 2x25, controlled by simplified serial. Arm under construction: The ...


RoverX - A lunar rover study

This is a lunar rover study I am doing for the Google Lunar X Prize. RoverX is a so called wheg robot. I was inspired by the work of the Case Biorobotics Lab. I started with some sketchup drafts before I built the robot, using 2mm and 1.5mm aluminum sheet.

The wheel legs are from VEX. I've added 6mm wheel hubs to connect the wheels with the 4 gearde motors (cytron-12v-12rpm-166oz-in-spur-gearmotor).The motor driver is a Sabertooth 2x25, controlled by simplified serial.

Arm under construction:

The main board and the robot arm control board:

The PIC12F683 monitors the voltages of the two Li-Po batteries. If the voltages drop under a certain limit, a buzzer starts to sound:

Remote control, using cheap 433 MHz transmitter module:

RoverX with LADAR:

Useful sketch for programming the arm:

I have created a poll: Which Google Lunar X Prize team has the most sophisticated rover in the moment?

You're all roboteers, be honest, visit the team web sites, study the rover prototypes and vote then:)

Travels on the lunar surface

  • Actuators / output devices: 4 geared motors, 6DOF robot arm
  • Control method: autonomous or remote controlled
  • CPU: 2 x PIC16F886, 1 x PIC12F683
  • Power source: 1 x LiPo 11.1V, 2200mA, 1 x LiPo 7.4V, 4000mA
  • Programming language: Basic
  • Sensors / input devices: ADXL 335, LADAR
  • Target environment: Lunar surface
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