Hypothesized Surface: Robotic Explorer for Hypothesized Surfaces – Tank Tread Robotic Explorer

INSTITUTION

Pennsylvania State University – Behrend (Penn State – Behrend)

CLASS

Tungsten Class (2023 – 2024)

STUDENT TEAM

Aidan Domencic, Mechanical Engineering

Carl Pietrzyk, Mechanical Engineering

Isabella Pilyih, Mechanical Engineering

Theodore Boehm, Mechanical Engineering

SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL GUIDANCE

Professor Dean Lewis

ACADEMIC GUIDANCE

Dr. Xiawa Wu

PROJECT DESCRIPTION

Our Problem statement is to: Design a rover’s locomotion mechanism that can traverse the hypothesized surfaces of the Psyche Asteroid.

This work was created in partial fulfillment of the Penn State – Behrend Capstone Course “ME 448”. 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.