To design Mimas, two NASA/JPL Mars Rovers were taken as inspiration: Curiosity and Perseverance. They are both autonomous vehicles for planetary exploration, landed on Mars respectively in 2012 and 2021. On both rovers, the Rocker Bogie suspension system was implemented to ensure safe driving even when traversing a rough surface, covered by rocks and with different terrain compositions. A first draft of the structure was modelled in 3D using Blender, however, this design may undercome several improvements in the future. In addition, materials to assemble one of the wheels (one out of six) were purchased.
- [Hours of work: 16h]
- [People involved: Giorgio]
