Mars Rover

A 3D printed, driveable rover inspired by NASA's Curiosity and Perseverance, controlled over LoRa, WiFi websocket, or an RC transmitter.

This repository has no photo of the robot yet.

What it can do

Written by Robotheca from the project's documents.

Drives the rover over LoRa, WebSocket from a website hosted on the ESP32, or a generic RC transmitter.
Startup mode is chosen by a 3-way switch: WiFi station plus LoRa, LoRa only, or WiFi access point.
Sends telematics data to connected websocket clients, or over LoRa when controlled that way.
RC transmitter joysticks steer the rover; in middle switch position the wheels rotate it on the spot.
In high switch position the joysticks move the six arm axes, with a switch selecting axes 1-4 or the gripper (5-6).
Arm control is currently a direct mapping of joystick axes; inverse kinematics is planned but not done.
Websocket control overrides the RC controller or LoRa once a client connects to the ESP32 access point.

This repository has no parts list Robotheca can read yet.

The guide appears here as you scroll.

Guide by @jakkra (README.md), under MIT.

Notes written by Robotheca from the project's documents.

Incomplete documentation

How complete the published files are for rebuilding this robot, measured by Robotheca at commit 85823c3. It isn't a rating of the robot.

3D and CAD files10/20
2 CAD source files.
Add the parts to print (STL or 3MF files).
Robot description0/15
No URDF.
Add a URDF: the robot can then be seen in 3D and tried in the browser.
Parts list0/20
No parts list in the repository or linked.
Most points to gain: Link to your parts list, or add it to the repository (a CSV or a Markdown table) with quantities, prices and where to buy each part.
Software10/15
Code in this repository, instructions to install or run it.
Say which software framework it uses (ROS 2, LeRobot, Arduino…).
Documentation10/15
README of 4,116 characters with 7 pictures; 0 build steps.
Split the build into at least 3 steps.
Simulation0/5
No simulation files.
Add a simulation model (MuJoCo, Gazebo, Webots or Isaac).
Licenses10/10
Hardware: MIT; software: MIT.

Written by Robotheca from the project's documents.

Upload the controller web page to the ESP32 SPIFFS filesystem with the command pio run -t uploadfs.
Select the startup mode with the 3-way switch on the rover: WiFi station plus LoRa, LoRa only, or WiFi AP.

Robotheca doesn't review code. Read it before running it.

Every file of the project: code, CAD, electronics, guides, at commit 85823c3.

Questions and improvements go to the creator's repository.