We have designed an autonomous mining robot designed to meet the specifications of the 2020 NASA Robotic Mining Competition. The rover is designed to navigate in a moon simulated environment, dig down at least thirty centimeters and return a payload, as well as meet the constraints imposed by the unique operating environment. We addressed the engineering challenges and goals that were faced, ranging from communication and obstacle avoidance to heat management.

• This report represents the work of one or more WPI undergraduate students submitted to the faculty as evidence of completion of a degree requirement. WPI routinely publishes these reports on its website without editorial or peer review.

Creator

• Freedman, Cara Samantha
• Hogan, Mark
• Burack, Harrison J.
• Hogan, Joseph Francis
• Kuberka, Nicole L.
• Bimonte, Kevin C.

Publisher

• Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Identifier

• E-project-050520-002505

Advisor

• Smith, Therese Mary
• Bertozzi, Nicholas
• Cuneo, Joshua M.

Year

• 2020

Date created

• 2020-05-05

Resource type

• Major Qualifying Project

Major

• Robotics Engineering
• Computer Science
• Mechanical Engineering

Rights statement

• In Copyright

License

• All rights reserved