Sawppy

Six wheel drive, four wheel steering, too cute for there to be only one.

[Sawppy @SawppyRover]

Showing off my rocker-bogie suspension articulation during Q&A of my @sparklecon23b presentation. Yes, I got stuck against my joint angle limiter. But I also got unstuck all by myself! Lesson learned, limiter will be adjusted.

[Claire Lamman @ClaireLamman]

For this year's gingerbread, I made @MarsCuriosity!

[alex ☆ glow @glowascii]

SO WHOLESOME!!! Look at all these people who have built Sawppy rovers!

[Sawppy @SawppyRover]

I will be part of this space-themed episode of "Hangout & Nerdout". There will be several 10-minute presentations, one of which is a recap of my past, present, and future. Afterwards, an open Q&A session for any of the presenters.

[Make: @make]

Next Thursday, December 15th, come #HangoutAndNerdout with @IShJR and our lovely friends @glowascii and @ZengJinger from @Hacksterio as we nerd out about #space with amazing guests @JoanHorvath, @Regorlas, and @hiteak! 🤘🧑‍🚀🤘

https://t.co/x3oVxi7Upw

[Leif Sorgule @PeruCSDTech]

The Mars Rover is alive again! Peru CSD’s Robotics Club successfully rewired the Mars Rover that last years Robotics class built

[Sawppy @SawppyRover]

Another one of my siblings taking form!

[EdEon STEM Learning @EdEon17]

Here is the fully built 3-D printed model that interns at N3 are building with their mentors! Printed and assembled by our own Jeffery Reedy.

[Sawppy @SawppyRover]

I'm always looking for easy low-cost ways to be more like the real rovers on Mars, so...

[Sawppy @SawppyRover]

Another one of my siblings show off our climbing skills.

[Leif Sorgule @PeruCSDTech]

Peru CSD’s Robotics class test driving the #marsrover - this student built robot is fabricated from scratch in a year long team project

[Sawppy @SawppyRover]

@StoneburnerSFW @Regorlas @OpenBuilds Larger extrusions may make sense if you're building a larger rover. Also, if you are outside the United States, generic 20mm extrusions may be more easily available and/or less expensive than Misumi HFS3 / MakerBeam XL /etc.

[Sawppy @SawppyRover]

@StoneburnerSFW @Regorlas @OpenBuilds When I was originally designed, Misumi 15mm extrusions were the lowest-cost option. At the time, other extrusions (8020, OpenBuilds, etc.) were mainly 20mm. They are certainly sturdier, but also cost more and the extra strength was unnecessary.

[Sawppy @SawppyRover]

@Serdar_Abali @RosmoRobot Hoverboard motors are designed for high speed, Mars rover suspension is designed for slow rock crawling. How well do these motors perform at, say, 5 RPM?

As long as steering knuckle stress is kept along vertical steering axis, steering forces required are small. Std RC servo OK.

[Sawppy @SawppyRover]

While I'm not designed to be soft and cuddly, adorable plush rovers exist to fill the niche.

[Sawppy @SawppyRover]

I've got siblings running around University of Arizona! @uarizona #Sawppy

[Hackster.io @Hacksterio]

Currently being tested through rapid prototyping on 3D-printed rovers, these spacefaring robots could one day mine the moon. https://t.co/mi31kkOI3c

[Sawppy @SawppyRover]

@tnmkumar Though the original Sawppy V1 rover STL & everything else are on https://t.co/u3EcN6wgUQ

[Sawppy @SawppyRover]

Micro Sawppy Rover Beta 3 is up and running! Like all #Sawppy rovers, it copied rocker-bogie suspension kinematics of @MarsCuriosity and @NASAPersevere.

Affordable commodity TT gear motors couldn't maintain low speeds, so this little rover scoots far faster than scale speed.

[Sawppy @SawppyRover]

@tnmkumar The original goal was Mars 2020 launch day, then it became landing day. After those two milestones came and went, no new target has yet been set.
¯\_(ツ)_/¯

[Sawppy @SawppyRover]

@tnmkumar Not yet, the design is still under development. Right now still too fragile with frequent breakdowns. Want people to spend more of their time driving and less time fixing their rover!

[Sawppy @SawppyRover]

Latest community contribution: a ROS2 software stack for all Sawppy siblings using LX-16A serial bus servos. #GoROS

[Miguel Santamarta @miggsant]

The #ROS2 - Foxy repo for EcoTheRover is ready for the @RoboticaUnileon Master. This also means that @SawppyRover and @RoverTenacity would be running ROS2 too. 🤖 https://t.co/kT1h6O09dv

[Sawppy @SawppyRover]

This is cooler than any picture of an exotic sports car that can't drive on Mars.

[Leo @earthtoleo]

OPTIMISM looking good 🚀✨

[Sawppy @SawppyRover]

Checking space Twitter after a few weeks away and this was first in my feed. Yikes.

[Eric Berger @SciGuySpace]

Drew Morgan, in Mission Control, asks the astronauts to please look out the space station windows to see if there is any debris floating about, or damage to the space station.

[Sawppy @SawppyRover]

Another rover comes to life!

[Nicholas Bering @nickbering]

Test drive successful! @SawppyRover has a sister, Star!

⭐️ 🤖