Josef Vladik from Czech Republic designed and 3d printed a remotely controlled Mars robotic rover inspired by Curiosity rover. It is all wheel powered and controlled with Arduino Mega.
Tech specs:
Here you can see this DIY rover in action:
... and here is the rover going over the obstacles:
Here is the project homepage (currently unavailable) where the author posted build instructions:
http://www.mochr.ic.cz/index.php?id=rc-rover
Here are all files on Thingiverse:
http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:682828
Here is the updated Mk" version with additional robotic hand gripper:
Update:
NASA released the official 3d model that is 3d printable of their real rover:
http://nasa3d.arc.nasa.gov/detail/mars-rover-curiosity
Tech specs:
- main control unit is Ardunio Mega.
- for moving six 9g servos re used with metal gears and they are customized for 360 rotation
- for steering six standard 9g servos are used
- control is standard 4 channels
- Powered by 2S or 3S lipo battery - 6V SBEC
Here you can see this DIY rover in action:
... and here is the rover going over the obstacles:
Here is the project homepage (currently unavailable) where the author posted build instructions:
http://www.mochr.ic.cz/index.php?id=rc-rover
Here are all files on Thingiverse:
http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:682828
Here is the updated Mk" version with additional robotic hand gripper:
Update:
NASA released the official 3d model that is 3d printable of their real rover:
http://nasa3d.arc.nasa.gov/detail/mars-rover-curiosity
