Document Type
Poster
Journal/Book Title/Conference
College of Engineering Senior Design Projects
Publisher
Utah State University
Location
Logan, UT
Publication Date
2020
Abstract
The University Rover Challenge capstone project presents university students the opportunity to design, fabricate and test a rover to compete in the annual international Mars Society URC Competition held in Hanksville, Utah. The URC Competition consists of four separate missions including Extreme Retrieval & Delivery, Equipment Servicing, Science, and Autonomous Traversal. Each mission requires advanced subsystems onboard the rover to accomplish mission tasks in a timely manner.
The 2020 USU URC team is divided up into four subteams to accomplish each mission including Power/Drive, Navigation/Communications/Autonomy, Operations, and Science. Admission to the URC Competition is highly competitive since the competition is a by-invitation-only event for the top 36 university teams each year. Teams are judged in the months leading up to the competition based on document and video submissions to rank which universities are most competitive in the URC missions. The 2020 URC Competition was cancelled due to COVID-19, but the team remains optimistic about the progress made for the future teams of USU. Each subteam worked tirelessly over the past year to present advanced and innovative rover subsystems. Our team was the first from USU to recieve a qualifying SAR score to enter the competition.
Recommended Citation
USU Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, "USU Mars Rover Team" (2020). Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering. Paper 36.
https://digitalcommons.usu.edu/maeengr_srdesign/36