6 Wheeled Mars rover design for terrain traversing, equipment servicing, astronaut assistance and on-board testing

Ebad Zahir; Md Mahfuzur Rahman; Md Abir Hossen; Ashik Sarker; H. M. Ata-E-Rabbi; Zishan Ahmed Onik; Chowdhury Miftah Mahmood Sagir; Shabab Iqbal; Sashanka Kumar Pramanik; Md Mezanur Rahman; Sefat Noor Orni; Md Josim Uddin; Md Kamrul Hassan; Nihar Sarker; Md Shohanuzzaman Zim; M. D. Nazimuddowla; Farhan Mamun; Minar Mahmud

doi:10.1109/SII.2016.7844117

6 Wheeled Mars rover design for terrain traversing, equipment servicing, astronaut assistance and on-board testing

Ebad Zahir
, Md Mahfuzur Rahman
, Md Abir Hossen
, Ashik Sarker
, H. M. Ata-E-Rabbi
, Zishan Ahmed Onik
, Chowdhury Miftah Mahmood Sagir
, Shabab Iqbal
, Sashanka Kumar Pramanik
, Md Mezanur Rahman
, Sefat Noor Orni
, Md Josim Uddin
, Md Kamrul Hassan
, Nihar Sarker
, Md Shohanuzzaman Zim
, M. D. Nazimuddowla
, Farhan Mamun
, Minar Mahmud

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Abstract

Since the success of the Mars Pathfinder, a new chapter of space exploration began focusing on reducing the complexity of the rover and making it more autonomous, multifunctional, lightweight even at extreme adversities. A student based design for a competition allowed the researchers in this paper to explore a design that would meet those requirements. This paper presents the design of a six wheeled, triangular shaped chassis, having multi suspension based rover. This rover is integrated with a 2.4GHz communication system that not only allows the rover to be operated from a distance of 1km, but also allows the researchers to collect soil samples and test them on board the rover using a Microlab box. The rover also shows superior maneuverability by being able to turn 360° on the spot and able to scale obstacles of almost 1 feet. The performance of the design was also tested at a global competition - University Rover Challenge 2016 organized by The Mars Society held at Utah, USA, where this design came in 8th for the Phobos category. This competition only invited 30 rovers out of the 63 that applied from 12 different countries.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	SII 2016 - 2016 IEEE/SICE International Symposium on System Integration
Publisher	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
Pages	917-922
Number of pages	6
ISBN (Electronic)	9781509033294
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/SII.2016.7844117
State	Published - 6 Feb 2017
Externally published	Yes
Event	2016 IEEE/SICE International Symposium on System Integration, SII 2016 - Sapporo, Japan Duration: 13 Dec 2016 → 15 Dec 2016

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Name	SII 2016 - 2016 IEEE/SICE International Symposium on System Integration

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Conference	2016 IEEE/SICE International Symposium on System Integration, SII 2016
Country/Territory	Japan
City	Sapporo
Period	13/12/16 → 15/12/16

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Publisher Copyright:
© 2016 IEEE.

Keywords

American International University-Bangladesh Robotic Crew (ARC)
Mars Rover
Robotics
Student based rover design
University Rover Challenge

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Biomedical Engineering
Control and Systems Engineering
Mechanical Engineering
Artificial Intelligence
Hardware and Architecture
Control and Optimization

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Zahir, E., Rahman, M. M., Hossen, M. A., Sarker, A., Ata-E-Rabbi, H. M., Onik, Z. A., Sagir, C. M. M., Iqbal, S., Pramanik, S. K., Rahman, M. M., Orni, S. N., Uddin, M. J., Hassan, M. K., Sarker, N., Zim, M. S., Nazimuddowla, M. D., Mamun, F., & Mahmud, M. (2017). 6 Wheeled Mars rover design for terrain traversing, equipment servicing, astronaut assistance and on-board testing. In SII 2016 - 2016 IEEE/SICE International Symposium on System Integration (pp. 917-922). Article 7844117 (SII 2016 - 2016 IEEE/SICE International Symposium on System Integration). Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.. https://doi.org/10.1109/SII.2016.7844117

Zahir, Ebad ; Rahman, Md Mahfuzur ; Hossen, Md Abir et al. / 6 Wheeled Mars rover design for terrain traversing, equipment servicing, astronaut assistance and on-board testing. SII 2016 - 2016 IEEE/SICE International Symposium on System Integration. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., 2017. pp. 917-922 (SII 2016 - 2016 IEEE/SICE International Symposium on System Integration).

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Zahir E, Rahman MM, Hossen MA, Sarker A, Ata-E-Rabbi HM, Onik ZA et al. 6 Wheeled Mars rover design for terrain traversing, equipment servicing, astronaut assistance and on-board testing. In SII 2016 - 2016 IEEE/SICE International Symposium on System Integration. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc. 2017. p. 917-922. 7844117. (SII 2016 - 2016 IEEE/SICE International Symposium on System Integration). doi: 10.1109/SII.2016.7844117

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