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Mars Rover 2020

A reproduction of the Mars 2020 Perseverance rover, a mars rover replica built as an open-source project.

  • Wheeled
  • Open source
  • 3D printable

Suggested by Robotheca, created by @FredJ21 (opens in a new tab), from github.com/FredJ21/MarsRover2020 (opens in a new tab). Pinned to commit 15138d1 (opens in a new tab).

Photo and 3D model

Mars Rover 2020, photo from its repository
Photo:@FredJ21 (opens in a new tab)MITsource file (opens in a new tab)

3D preview converted from github.com/FredJ21/MarsRover2020 at 15138d1, under MIT. View the original files from GitHub (90.6 MB) (opens in a new tab)

What it can do

Written by Robotheca from the project's documents.

  • Reproduction of the NASA Mars 2020 Perseverance rover, built as a robotics project.
  • Project documentation is hosted on a separate GitHub wiki and a YouTube playlist.

Bill of materials

This repository has no parts list Robotheca can read yet.

Build guide

The guide appears here as you scroll.

Guide by @FredJ21 (README.md), under MIT.

Wiring and electronics

Notes written by Robotheca from the project's documents.

Main parts

  • A motor driver PCB, with Gerber manufacturing files provided in the repository.
  • A Raspberry Pi based PCB schematic is included as a diagram.

Connections

  • A schematic diagram of the Raspberry Pi PCB is included in the repository, but the documents do not describe its connections in text.