Robotic Explorer for Hypothesized Surfaces – Debug Thugs

INSTITUTION

Arizona State University (ASU)

CLASS

Iridium Class (2024 – 2025)

STUDENT TEAM

ACADEMIC GUIDANCE

Prajjwal Dutta
Prof. James McDonald

PROJECT DESCRIPTION

We designed an autonomous rover to navigate the rugged surfaces of the asteroid Psyche. From our research, it is expected that a rover on Psyche will face harsh conditions such as craters, rocks, and uneven surfaces that could hinder proper data collection.
To combat this, our rover contains an AI hazard detection model, Raspberry Pi, remote control GUI, and live camera feed to enable proper data collection. The goal of our project was to design a rover that is durable and able to withstand anything that is thrown at it during its deployment.

This work was created in partial fulfillment of the Arizona State University Capstone Course “EEE 488”. The work is a result of the Psyche Student Collaborations component of NASA’s Psyche Mission (https://psyche.ssl.berkeley.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.