Over the past few weeks, Mars has launched three inter-plan missions in the new season of Fever. And because of the huge overlap between spaceflight fans and fans of electronics and 3D printing, the European Space Agency released the Exome Rover for those who want to experience a little Mars from home.
Exomino’s smiling face and cartoonish proportions are ESA adaptations Rosalind Franklin (Previous Exmors) The rover J, if it hadn’t landed in 2020, would have been heading to Mars. While Rosalind Franklin Now that we have to wait for the next Mars launch window, we can now start the Exome mission in our homes. Like the actual ESA rover, the Exoma has a triple bogie suspension design, different from the rocker-bogie design used by NASA JPL’s rover family. Running all four wheels over just four, Exome shows the books in a short Instagram video clip (which is embedded after the break).
Exomini registered admissions are priced in the range of 250-500 the. Considering the instructions posted on GitHub, we looked at the electronics nervous system built around raspberry pie. Its published software stack is configured for human remote control, but as it is already running ROS (robot rating operating system), it should be a simple on-ramp with the ambition to add autonomy for eCommerce builders.
Exom joins the ranks of open source rover designs available for hackers with 3D printing, electronics and software software skills. We’ve covered many large rover projects we’ve modeled recently Curiosity. Two years ago NASA JPL released an open source rover of their own targeted teachers, which was inspiring for the author himself. Suppi The Rover project, which in turn is one of the many projects that have been hacked on IoT. Hackers love rovers!
