SHREC Buoyant Rover - Mission Planning and Control

Undergraduate Research Project for SHREC-SURG

Buoyant Rover with cold gas thrusters and variable balloon sizing. Designed to hover in the atmosphere and travel with a cold gas thruster. Won first place at the SURG Expo

SHREC Buoyant Rover: Project

Rover Model

Created by Cole Bowman

The rover has four major components, the gondola, the balloon, the fuel tank, and the TEDA system. The TEDA is a modified sensor from the Mars rover missions called the MEDA, or Mars Environmental Dynamics Analyzer.

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Presentation Video

SHREC Buoyant Rover: Video

Presentation Slides

SHREC Buoyant Rover: HTML Embed

Visualization

SHREC Buoyant Rover: Video

GitHub Link

The GitHub repo has two scripts; core_kinematic_calculator.py - calculates all kinematic parameters for rover with a closed control loop for bang bang control of engines full_mission_planning.py - estimate fuel burn based on target range and efficiency.

Link

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