Thing of the day: Turtle Rover - rover robot with remote control

Scientific Curiosity rover moves on the surface of the Red Planet for many years. Its design has a margin of safety that even the aggressive environment of Mars could not hurt her.

The team of researchers working at the time of the creation of all-terrain vehicles for exploring other planets, decided to apply his knowledge and experience in a new project. Turtle Rover - a programmable robot on wheeled chassis, created with the use of space technologies.

Turtle Rover has excellent maneuverability, allowing it to overcome almost any obstacle. Even water barrier will not stop him - all the components are protected from moisture.

Built-in battery can be used all-terrain vehicle for four hours, while it can be removed from the owner at a distance of 200 meters. Management is done via Wi-Fi using a special software installed on the smartphone or tablet.

Use Turtle Rover is possible not only for entertainment purposes. Photographers and fans of extreme sports can be installed on the chassis action-camera or DSLR-apparatus to conduct shooting in tight spaces. And the provided allows the use of robot manipulator to retrieve objects from the environment or collect rock samples.

The developers promise to create on the basis of an open extensible Turtle Rover project, in which everyone will be able to develop and use their own additions to the rover. This applies to both additional hardware and software versions of the robot.

you can order a starter kit for the assembly of all-terrain vehicle on Turtle Rover Kickstarter for 857 euros. BCC will begin in April 2018.