This project involved the design, manufacturing, integration, and testing of ORYX 2.0, a modular mobility platform. ORYX 2.0 is a rover designed for operation on rough terrain to facilitate space related technology research and Earth exploration missions. Currently there are no low-cost rovers available to academia or industry, making it difficult to conduct research related to surface exploration. ORYX 2.0 fills this gap by serving as a ruggedized highly mobile research platform with many features aimed at simplifying payload integration. Multiple teleoperated field testing trials on a variety of terrains validated the rover’s ruggedness and ability to operate soundly. Lastly, a deployable pan-tilt camera was designed, built, and tested, as an example payload.

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Creator

• Fagan, Michael Eli
• Carlone, Thomas James
• Anderson, Jon Jacob
• Amato, Joseph Lawrence

Publisher

• Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Identifier

• E-project-042612-131133

Advisor

• Padir, Taskin
• Stafford, Kenneth A.

Year

• 2012

Date created

• 2012-04-26

Resource type

• Major Qualifying Project

Major

• Mechanical Engineering
• Liberal Arts & Engineering
• Robotics Engineering

Rights statement

• In Copyright