Hypothesized Surface: Robotic Explorer for Hypothesized Surfaces – UGA-A
“UGA NASA 16-Psyche Articulating Wheel Set”
INSTITUTION
University of Georgia
CLASS
Silver Class (2023 – 2024)
STUDENT TEAM
Jacob Cotton, Mechanical Engineering
Pandora Paterson, Mechanical Engineering
William Thomas Snapp IV, Mechanical Engineering
Pandora Paterson, Mechanical Engineering
William Thomas Snapp IV, Mechanical Engineering
SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL GUIDANCE
ACADEMIC GUIDANCE
Dr. Jorge Rodriguez
Achal Joshi
PROJECT DESCRIPTION
Our team is designing an articulating wheel set for a robotic explorer that is intended to traverse the hypothesized surface of asteroid 16-Psyche. The focus of the project is a simulation to prove that our design will work on the surface, according to the research that has been done on 16-Psyche, and a prototype of a subsection of the design.