PicoRover Sand Test

Last week, several PicoRover prototypes were tested in a sandbox in order to study their characterictics on steep slopes. There are three types of PicoRover in this respect: PicoRover with blank surface, PicoRover with spikes, and recently introduced PicoRover with long hair (or mustache?) instead of spikes.

See http://wiki.teamfrednet.org/index.php/Picorover_Feasibility_Study for technical details.

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[gk123434534]

Very nice tests. Have you done dynamic tests at these slope angles?

[TeamFrednet]

Not yet, but they will be done when a new motorized version is available.

[jtristancho]

Pues el sábado estaré pr Guadalajara lanzando el PicoRover a la estratosfera. Ya quedaremos un día.

Saludos,

Joshua

[carlosnba]

Me gustaría mucho, pero vivo en Madrid :-S

Saludos!

[oz9aec]

Steep lunar hills and mountains will not prevent PicoRover from exploring the Moon.

[jtristancho]

Oh si, en terrasa son muy buenos en robótica. Gracias, ven a vernos un día.

Saludos,

Joshua

[carlosnba]

Yo estuve en un concurso de robots en la UPC de Terrassa :-)

Enhorabuena de nuevo por el proyecto!

[jtristancho]

Así es, Universidad Politécnica de Cataluña en 3:06.

Saludos,

Joshua Tristancho

[carlosnba]

Por cierto, ¿UPC es la politécnica de cataluña?

[carlosnba]

Wow! Congratulations :-)