Hypothesized Surface: Robotic Explorer for Hypothesized Surfaces – Hermes

INSTITUTION

Arizona State University (ASU)

CLASS

Tungsten Class (Spring 2024)/Iridium Class (Fall 2024)

STUDENT TEAM

Brennen Becenti-Francisco, Mechanical Engineering Systems
Chasity Joelene James, Mechanical Engineering Systems
Ivan Makarenko, Robotics Engineering
Samuel Barnett, Robotics

ACADEMIC GUIDANCE

Darryl Morrell

PROJECT DESCRIPTION

This team is working to design a transportation system for the Psyche explorer to travel on the surface of Psyche while keeping in mind the lack of knowledge of the surface and hypothesizing its surface as flat, rocky, metallic, as well as possible craters.

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This work was created in partial fulfillment of the Arizona State University Capstone Course “EGR 401”. The work is a result of the Psyche Student Collaborations component of NASA’s Psyche Mission (https://psyche.asu.edu). “Psyche: A Journey to a Metal World” [Contract number NNM16AA09C] is part of the NASA Discovery Program mission to solar system targets. Trade names and trademarks of ASU and NASA are used in this work for identification only. Their usage does not constitute an official endorsement, either expressed or implied, by Arizona State University or National Aeronautics and Space Administration. The content is solely the responsibility of the authors and does not necessarily represent the official views of ASU or NASA.