In today's lesson, we are going to introduce the students to the family of Mars Rovers - Spirit, Sojourner and Curiosity. After the introduction, we are going to help the student to design and build our own Mars Rovers. In the process of building the Rover, we are going to introduce the students to multiple characteristics of the Mars Rovers: 1. The duribility of the Mars Rovers' wheels - They have to be able to travel long distances under given amount of power and high traction; 2. The constraints on the weights of Mars Rovers;
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Alaina
5/4/2017 03:55:05 pm
Most groups only completed the rover and didn't have time to experiment with different wheels. Some mechanism to prevent slippage of the rubber bands on the rear axle would improve rover performance.
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