Mars Rover

Robot FunctionsRobot FunctionsPanoramic data with a Pancam

Mini-TES

Scientist select the targets to study

Measure using tools on its arm called IID

Sensors called Hazcam

Uses camera that shows the work area and checks to make sure the work area is safe to work in.

The mars rover is a piece of technology that the military uses to find and get samples from mars to bring back to the earth and see if they can find any types of life on mars. This robot rides around mars, (somewhere we can’t go) and it also lets us see what it is doing on mars because it has cameras.

Robotic AbilitiesRobotic AbilitiesTwelve moving degrees of freedom

Wheels can move around to turn the vehicle

Pancam can move around

Arm that holds the Hazcam

Moves around

View workspace working in.

Robot Robot ProgrammingProgramming

Expensive

Remote controlled car with great suspension

Camera attached to the front

20-minute delay on camera

Missions at beginning of sol(day on Mars)

Day to day tasks

Robot SensorsRobot Sensors

laser

analyze the rocks.

cameras so the military can see what the robot is doing

Inside the rover it has a complete analysis compartment to analyze the rocks and soil.

Robot AdvantagesRobot Advantages

We cannot send a human to do the full job

the controllers of Rover can only rely on what is shown through the camera

There is no eye descriptions and or opinions from an actual person

just pictures and videos

Advantage is that NASA and other administrations don’t have to spend extra money on sending a human to mars with proper supplies.

Robot ImpactsRobot ImpactsIt give NASA an idea of what the planet mars is like,

although no person can go there, rover sends images and information of mars

Job CreationsJob CreationsMany engineers would be needed to build the Mars Rover

A Principal Electrical Engineer

an Engineering Technician

a Procurement Manager

a Testing Engineering Manager

a Software Engineer

a Supplier Quality Engineer

a Project Analyst

a Quality Engineer

a Program Engineer

a Financial Planning Analyst

and some more.

Alterations?Alterations?

The Mars Rover in the future

get back to earth

Engineers will need to figure out how to get the rover back to earth for further investigation of the content from Mars.

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