Portal:Picorover

To provide embedded technologies to the Rover Group in order to reduce as much as possible the final Rover size, consumption and weight. The Picorover group is an UPC university sponsored group, we are able to develop subsystems, components, PCBs, microstrip antennas, etc. for other groups if required.

• Technology behind. Background
• Picorover status report
• Build a PicoRover by your own

PicoSAR updating

• In progress --Enric 06:42, 24 March 2009 (EDT)

CAN-Do widgets test

• Hold --Enric 18:37, 2 July 2009 (EDT)

Autonomous algorithm in eZ430 board

• In progress --Joshua 18:39, 1 August 2009 (EDT)

FPGA Lunar Laner programming and simulation

• In progress --Petilo 19:21, 24 November 2009 (EDT)

This list show which pages are part of Portal:Picorover:

• 2009-01-30. The Picorover Group portal has been created.
• 2009-02-12. Picorover1.3degrees functional allocation completed.
• 2009-02-13. Requirements to be hold until the next validation.
• 2009-02-20. Founded suppliers of material for Picorover.
• 2009-02-23. Founded RF receivers for Picorover uplink.
• 2009-02-26. Picorover1.3degrees feasibility study completed.
• 2009-03-04. System configuration completed.
• 2009-03-10. Picorover group completed.
• 2009-03-24. nano-Radar (PicoSAR) study completed.
• 2009-03-26. PicoSAR build done.
• 2009-04-15. Picorover Demo1.3degrees completed.
• 2009-05-09. Material commanded for Picorover and 10 CAN-Do boards.
• 2009-05-21. New Transceiver Test completed.
• 2009-05-30. Two CAN-Do widgets builded.
• 2009-06-23. eZ430 board tested. See report.
• 2009-07-24. Thrust controller prototype done with eZ430 and servos/Stepper motor.
• 2009-07-27. Shield vacuun test and thermal+TX test done and validated.
• 2009-10-14. New 75.2 grams shield presentation.
• 2009-12-06. Android powered HTC magic phone inside in a 5 inches PicoRover.
• 2009-12-10. PicoRover sand-box test done.
• 2010-01-10. A virtual PicoRover inside Second Life now available.
• 2010-03-16. Press conference: UPC-Barcelona Tech students try to send a spherical robot to the Moon

Picorover1degree

• Tristancho's drafts.
• See Picorover in action and the Stability test

Picorover1.3degrees

• Slope test and with spikes
• Picorover rolling up the hill.
  
• The PicoRover in the virtual world VRML 2.0
• Vacuum and thermal tests:
  Test1 Test1a Test2 Test3a Test3b
• Android powered HTC magic inside a Picorover demo

Picorover2degrees

• Not accomplish with GLXP. See the Open Space Exploration Journal interview

Balloon launch cancelled December 19, 2009