A terrible disaster has befallen the miners at the highly lucrative mines on a faraway planet. Our company has been contracted to develop a rescue rover that will be able to navigate the collapsed mine, open the safety pod's door, pull out the miners, and drag them to safety! All this must be done with only the guidance of a top mounted camera and it's LED headlights. Additionally, we are controlling the rover from an orbiting spacecraft and will only have control of our rover for a limited period of time! At that time, control must be handed over seamlessly to a partnering company without losing connection to our rover.
After many minutes of deliberation, our team came upon the question, what better controller for a alien planet rover than a pink Barbie Jeep? The answer: none. Our intuitive controls, with a throttle for speed control, and steering integrated into the Jeep's steering column make for a quick and safe rescue of the miners even with inexperienced roamer operators.
After many minutes of deliberation, our team came upon the question, what better controller for a alien planet rover than a pink Barbie Jeep? The answer: none. Our intuitive controls, with a throttle for speed control, and steering integrated into the Jeep's steering column make for a quick and safe rescue of the miners even with inexperienced roamer operators.
PROJECT DESCRIPTION AND REQUIREMENTS:
ALIEN PLANET EXPLORATION RESCUE & RECOVERY
Communications Protocol
One of the challenges of this project was that the class had to design their own Communication Protocol that would allow for full interoperability between any team's POD (Personal Operation Datalink (the controller)) and any team's roamer. The Protocol that the class designed and agreed upon is below: