JPL Open-Source Rover Project Based on the Rovers on Mars
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#4Looks more like a toy rover project, rather than "an open source rover project". Hoped they will make open source substantial (even if simplified) part of the rover project, so space startups can reuse and improve it.
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#5My coworker Liv designed that! I don’t know the original purpose but it’s a fun project.
I’ve also got my own open source Rover design if you like this kind of thing:
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#6Looks more like a toy rover project, rather than "an open source rover project". Hoped they will make open source substantial (even if simplified) part of the rover project, so space startups can reuse and improve it.
Why couldn't this be re-used to some degree for a rover in non-Earth with tougher, more resilient hardware?
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#7It's interesting that the rover code itself is written in python. That makes it more approachable..
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#8This is beautiful, and a wonderful project to develop along with some friends. JPL nailed it.
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#9This seems really awesome, but my God is it expensive. Maybe I am not reading correctly but it seems like just the nuts and bolts from McMaster cost $230 and that's still excluding the electronics and additional hardware! I guess I'll have to save up a bit before I can play with my own minituare rover.
edit: the motors also are going to cost around $500
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#10Man I hope someone like Massdrop can find a way to source these parts a little cheaper. It seems to me that there has to be a way to build this thing for at least half that price.