This page last updated 01/25/04

The Earth Explorer Project


Page 1
  • How it all began
  • The initial ideas
Page 2
  • Contructing the box for the base
  • The drive system
  • The first test
Page 3
  • The Auxiliary Power Unit
Page 4
  • A slight diversion
  • A call to arms
  • Enough is enough
  • Rest of the body
Page 5
  • Motor requirements
  • Driving the motors
  • Motor PID control
Page 6
  • A simple power system
  • A more elaborate power system
  • Goodbye to the fuses
  • The electronics supply
  • Emergency shutdown
Page 7
  • Robot control architecture
  • Some of my requirements for planned peripherals
  • Low level controller
Page 8
  • So what did I pick?
Page 9
  • Auxiliary Power Unit - Mark 2

Page 10

  • Finally, some updates (08/26/2002)

Page 11

  • More updates (12/21/2002)

Page 12

  • What was this really for? (12/21/2002)

Page 13

  • Preparing for the Science Museum Challenge (12/21/2002)

Page 14

  • New PixelSmart vision system board (1/25/2004)

Page 15

  • GPS Experiments (5/25/2004)

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