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Team: DROVER

Category: Lunar rover | SINGAPORE |  Singapore |  1 |  11 years old
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Project description


Drover is a combination of a rover and a drone. Having capabilities of a drone helps the drover to cross uneven terrain without having to navigate using its wheels. However, for shorter distances and investigative purposes, the rover mode can be used.

The purpose of the drover is to cover short distances of up to 500km in a single trip for research purposes and is designed to transport a maximum of 4 people with 600 kgs of load. Since the gravity on the moon is 1/6th of that of the earth, the effective weight to be carried by the drover is 100kgs only.

The drover is powered by electric and solar power. The drover’s glass panels are tough and help protect it against big rocks, dust storms, wind storms, other rovers etc. The glass panels also provide a 360 degrees of the surroundings to the drover occupants. The drover has 4 wheels when in action in rover mode. When in drone mode, the drover has 4 boosters to enable it to fly at a maximum height of 25 meters from the surface of the moon.

The drover’s shape is Oval to minimize friction in the moon’s atmosphere when the drover is in motion. The drover is fitted with the latest satellite and IR communication devices.

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