By: Adolfo Jimenez (Manufacturing) Verified By: Jordan Smallwood (Project Manager) Approved by: Miguel Garcia (Quality Assurance) Table of Contents Introduction: In order to mimic the suspension capabilities of the rovers sent to Mars by NASA, our rover will incorporate the same rocker bogie suspension system utilized by the Mars rovers to traverse an extreme desert-like […]
By: Jordan Smallwood (PM), Diane Kim (E&C), Mohammad Yakoub (MST), Adolfo Jimenez (Manufacturing) Approved by: Miguel Garcia (Quality Assurance) Table of Contents Project Overview By Jordan Smallwood Project Objective: The Pathfinder is a project that has been passed down from generation to generation. The originators built the chassis and original idea back in the fall […]
By: Jordan Smallwood (Project Manager) Approved by: Miguel Garcia (Quality Assurance) The pathfinder will be performing tank type turns, that is it will be pivoting about it’s center to adjust it’s orientation. This can be done by simply adjusting the direction of each of the wheel sets. For example, if you wanted to make a […]