Aerojet FAR Robotic Payload: Blue Team

RC Rover

Project Description

Aerospace company Aerojet Rocketdyne Coleman Aerospace has organized a multidisciplinary project where UCF students compete in the Friends of Amateur Rocketry (FAR) 2022 competition. As one of the payload teams, we have designed and developed a rover payload for the rocket, under the supervision of Dr. Felix Soto Toro. To meet FAR requirements, our rover must be remote-controlled, continuously transmit video and operate at a range of up to 600 meters. Inspired by modern rovers used in space exploration like the Perseverance, the rover is a ruggedized design made to handle rough, sandy terrain and reliably communicate with the ground station at long range, even in a high latency environment where real-time control cannot be achieved.

Team Members

• Justice Cordova, EE
• James Ellison, CPE
• Wesley Fletcher, CPE
• Joshua Kissoon, CPE

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