Design Gallery

Husky Robotics designs, builds, and validates advanced systems across mechanical, electrical, software, optical, and biochemical domains. This gallery showcases the engineering behind our rover; real work from students shaping the future of exploration.

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Electronics

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2025 | Electronics

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Distributes 24V, 12V, 5V, and 3.3V power across nine motor boards and an NVIDIA Jetson, supporting full-system compute and actuation.

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2025 | Electronics

STM32 BLDC Board

A compact STM32 motor controller enabling high-frequency, closed-loop BLDC actuation, designed in partnership with STMicroelectronics.

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2025 | Electronics

PSOC Chassis Power Distribution

Built with a Cypress PSoC, this board delivers four voltage rails with 12 external ports, balancing system power with compact routing.

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2025 | Electronics

STM32 CAN Board

Our first 3.3V CAN-focused STM32 board, used for testing and validating CAN protocols across rover subsystems.

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2025 | Electronics

PSOC Science Sensor Board

Controls science instrumentation, powering lasers, pumps, gas sensors, and cooling modules for automated field analysis.

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2025 | Electronics

System Diagram

A visual layout of rover power, compute, and data flow, created to onboard members and brief sponsors on system architecture.

Mechanical

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2025 | Mechanical

Rocker-Bogie Suspension

Our teams’ future mobility system uses a 6-wheel Rocker-Bogie suspension and cast polyurethane wheels for adaptive, all-terrain traversal.

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2025 | Mechanical

Differential Wrist & Gripper

A dual-motor differential wrist powers a custom gripper to flip switches, rotate knobs, and lift irregular objects with precision.

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2025 | Mechanical

Arm Shoulder Assembly

Two harmonic drives enable backlash-free base rotation and primary linkage actuation, delivering smooth, accurate arm motion.

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2025 | Mechanical

Drone Frame & Gripper

A carbon-fiber drone with an adaptive gripper supports autonomous delivery, visual mapping, and extended communication reach.

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2025 | Mechanical

Science Payload Systems

Prometheus’ mechanical payload integrates sample handling, fluidics, and reagent mixing to automate field-based chemical analysis.

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2025 | Mechanical

Chassis & Modular Frame

Prometheus features treaded mobility with an aluminum chassis with modular mounts for arm and science payloads, designed for field adaptability.

Biochemistry & Optics

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2025 | Biochemistry & Optics

Laser Excitation Setup

A 532 nm fiber-coupled laser is used for Raman excitation, targeting vibrational modes in soil-bound compounds like phenylalanine and olivine.

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2025 | Biochemistry & Optics

Raman Spectral Output

Spectral data is captured using a 15 s CCD integration, filtered and processed with a custom Savitzky-Golay and wavelet pipeline for biosignature ID.

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2025 | Biochemistry & Optics

Absorbance Analysis

Our team conducted Absorbance vs. wavelength curves visualize sample filtering efficacy, allowing comparisons of spectral clarity across test conditions.

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2025 | Biochemistry & Optics

Optical Mount

A vibration-isolated optics rig aligns the laser path, collection lens, and filter window within a sealed enclosure for in-situ spectral stability.

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2025 | Biochemistry & Optics

Soil Biosignature Drill

A four-bar linkage drill collects and delivers subsurface soil to onboard sensors measuring methane, CO₂, and moisture for signs of microbial life.

Software & AI

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2025 | Software & AI

Autonomous ARUCO Navigation

Using OpenCV and AprilTag detection, the rover localizes against fixed tags and dynamically replans paths to waypoints, enabling GPS-free navigation.

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2025 | Software & AI

Vision-Based Typing

A computer vision pipeline uses contour detection and OCR to identify keys, with inverse kinematics mapping vision to autonomous arm actuation.

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2025 | Software & AI

Mars Mission Simulator

A Unity-based simulation mimics mission conditions, including terrain, arm movement, and sensor noise, enabling software debugging pre-deployment.

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2025 | Software & AI

5kg Payload Pickup

Mast camera imagery and depth estimation drive closed-loop visual servoing to autonomously detect, grasp, and lift weighted targets up to 5kg.

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2025 | Software & AI

Long-Range Antenna Comm

A software-controlled 2.4 GHz directional antenna tracks and maintains a wireless link up to 2 km, enabling low-latency bidirectional command.

Analysis

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2025 | Analysis

Structural Interface Testing

A mechanical attachment module is stress-tested for bolt shear, contact stability, and dynamic load cases across terrain-induced forces.

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2025 | Analysis

Rover Frame FEA

The chassis undergoes static and modal analysis in SolidWorks FEA, validating frame strength, mounting integrity, and vibration modes under stress.

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2025 | Analysis

Abaqus FEA Workshop

Advanced meshing, boundary conditions, and nonlinear contact simulations taught under Dr. Meza prepare members for aerospace-grade analysis.

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2025 | Analysis

Drone Piece Simulation (SW)

Drone components undergo SolidWorks FEA to test moment loads and flexural fatigue during rapid descent and mechanical grip conditions.

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2025 | Analysis

Drone Frame ANSYS Model

High-fidelity mesh and simulation in ANSYS assess the drone frame’s stress contours, impact resistance, and factor of safety during airborne loading.