Planetary Rover Engineering Bay
Inspect autonomous robotic rovers designed for the surface of Mars and the Moon. Assemble structural chassis, rocker-bogie wheels, stereo camera masts, and solar arrays.
Rover
Planetary exploration vehicleRover Subsystem Parts
The rover's skeleton. Every wheel, panel and instrument bolts onto this frame.
Wide, deep-treaded wheels grip loose soil and climb over small rocks.
Rovers use several of these in pairs so they stay stable on uneven ground.
Raises the cameras up high, the way your eyes are on top of your body, so they can see further.
Charges the rover's batteries during the day so it can keep working after dark.
Why doesn't a Mars rover get stuck on big rocks? It uses a special Rocker-Bogie suspension system without springs! When one wheel climbs over a rock, the other wheels push down into the dirt, keeping all wheels gripping the ground.