Let's start!!

Finally the course Embedded Motion Control (4K450) has started!

The members of our group are:

Bernadette Tijdink

Arne de Roest

Geert-jan Verstralen

Erik Geerts

Freek Fennis

This course is all about simulating the 'Mission to Mars' and the question if there is water on Mars. Our goal is to find the water! This will be simulated with a Mars rover made with LEGO Mindstorms. The Mars rover has various components available to reach itsa goal:

-      Two programmable interfaces (LEGO RCX 2.0)

-      A camera

-      Three light sensors

-      Two motors

-      Two encoders

-      A temperature sensor 

In the DCT-lab at TU/e a Mars landscape has been reproduced in which 3 lakes are situated. The mission starts when the Mars rovers lands somewhere on this 'planet'. The Mars rover has to find the lakes and then measure the temperature to check it for water! Our main goal can be noted as:

Program the Mars-rover in order to find out if there exists water on Mars. If water is found perform measurements to find out its state.

This blog will show our progression on this project for the upcoming weeks!