Hands ON VIII| Virtual Planetary Exploration
Awards & Nominations
Hands ON VIII has received the following awards and nominations. Way to go!
Virtual Planetary Exploration
Aqua Seeker
Summary
Aquaseeker's mission is to accelerate mars exploration by seeking water with the help of the RIFMAX (used in Perseverance), a device which allows us to find water 10 meters above the sensor, with that in mind we use robot operative system and Cobots theory to solve exploration and seeking water in deeper levels in various points of mars.
How We Addressed This Challenge
We designed a robot to seek water in mars, it's important because that study will bring information that we already are looking for, but way faster. The cobots work collaboratively to collect data from a RIFMAX (used in perseverance ) a device which allows us to find water 10 meters above the sensor, covering much more area with colaborative robotics and focusing its resources on that task. We hope to accelerate mars exploration and related studies.
How We Developed This Project
We are a team of mechatronics engineers that always had dreamed of "The far far away", honing our skills every day hoping to help space exploration one day and working to empower space and interplanetary exploration.
We believe that robotics can help a lot in exploration providing value by boosting data collection and exploration in general, in this case, mars exploration. Putting cobots on the mars surface to cover faster the necessity of acquiring knowledge of our friendly neighbor.
At first, we identify the most important variables that humans are looking for in the exploration of Mars. We used Fusion 360 for modeling and designing, Google Chrome for investigation and validations of thoughts, we used calipers and few markers with a whiteboard.
Most problems came because designing for space application is a lot of different, but at the same time is the reason why we participated, we glad to encounter more obstacles and be a better team.
How We Used Space Agency Data in This Project
Our inspiration in designing AquaSeeker came directly from the Rovers launched towards Mars, especially the Perseverance model, so far the most advanced of its kind. To carry out our design, it was necessary to have the implementation and usefulness of all the instruments equipped in the Rover, especially those that stand out for being the first to arrive on Mars next year. Additionally, there was data used in papers, referencing directly from information captured from the Rovers monitoring station (REMS), especially from Curiosity (all additional details are included in the document).
Project Demo
Document and 3D Model: https://github.com/atlasthehero/handsonviii/blob/master/README.md
PRESENTATION:https://github.com/atlasthehero/handsonviii/blob/master/HANDS%20ON%20VIII.pdf
Data & Resources
Mars Mission Overview:
-https://mars.nasa.gov/mars2020/mission/overview/
Mars Perseverance Rover:
-https://mars.nasa.gov/mars2020/spacecraft/rover/
RIMFAX instrument:
-https://mars.nasa.gov/mars2020/spacecraft/instruments/rimfax/
Mars Helicopter (Ingenuity):
-https://mars.nasa.gov/technology/helicopter/
Technologies of Broad Benefit: Power on Mars
-https://mars.nasa.gov/mer/mission/technology/power/
NASA Ingenuity Factsheet:
-https://mars.nasa.gov/files/mars2020/MarsHelicopterIngenuity_FactSheet.pdf
Solar and wind exergy potentials for Mars:
-https://www.researchgate.net/publication/298431734_Solar_and_wind_exergy_potentials_for_Mars
Landing site locations on Mars:
-https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mars_landing#Landing_site_locations