Sawppy the Rover
Maker Faire Bay Area 2019
MAKER
Roger Cheng
After a career in software development, Roger decided to work with atoms in addition to wrangling digital bits. Thus began a journey into CAD, 3D printing, machining, laser cutting, and anything that gives a physical form to digital creations.
Celebrate robotic exploration on Mars by building a rover to explore your back yard! Sawppy is a motorized model of Mars rover Curiosity, and makers can build their own for less than $500 in parts. All information is open source & available online.
What inspired you to make this project?:
NASA JPL Mars Science Laboratory (a.k.a. Curiosity rover)
NASA JPL Open Source Rover
