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Open Source Rover

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Learn how to build your own 6-wheeled Mars Rover! The Open Source Rover was designed by the Jet Propulsion Laboratory to be a robot that could be built by a high school class. The design and blueprints are available as open source.

https://open-source-rover.readthedocs.io/en/latest/
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Open Source Rover

Join a community of hundreds of builders who have built the Open Source Rover over the past 7 years. Considering building one yourself? The best way to ask questions, reach maintainers, learn about modifications, and join the community of Open Source Rover builders is to join our Slack group.

https://open-source-rover.readthedocs.io/en/latest/

What Inspired You to Make This?

The Open Source Rover is an educational outreach project that was designed to teach others how JPL builds their rovers, through cross-disciplinary collaboration. Once the rover is built, the true fun begins. At this point, the builders now have the necessary skill to innovate and modify the design or add sensors or new behaviors.

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