Sub Teams

Mechanical

This subteam works to design, assemble, and test the chassis, drive system, and manipulation capabilities of the robot.

Drive & Chassis

The driver team is responsible for designing and building the robots chassis and drivetrain. This includes ensuring durability and reliability

Manipulator

The manipulator team is tasked with creating a device that allows the robot to interact with its surroundings, such as a robotic arm that can move freely.

Controls

This subteam creates the circuitry and computer programs to make the robot move, process information, and respond to its environment

Electrical/Embedded

The electrical team uses PCBs, Embedded, and soldering skills to design and program the robot to make it run and distribute power to different sections.

Software

The software team programs the robot using ROS, a software framework. The team writes both the low-level code for motor and sensor control and the high-level algorithms for vision and navigation, along with autonomous function.

Astrobiology

This subteam creates an onboard lab and collection system for the robot to process information

Analysis

The science team will work to implement an onboard robot laboratory that can be used during competition to test for potential life.

Sampler

The sampler team is tasked with creating a system that is capable of digging at least 10 cm underground and collecting rock and soil samples that the science team can use to test for life.