{"id":14856,"date":"2017-09-03T15:44:24","date_gmt":"2017-09-03T19:44:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=14856"},"modified":"2017-09-03T15:44:48","modified_gmt":"2017-09-03T19:44:48","slug":"sci-tech-turtle-rover-waterproof-open-source-rc-robot-designed-by-mars-rover-engineers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=14856","title":{"rendered":"Sci-Tech: Turtle Rover &#8211; &#8220;Waterproof open source RC robot designed by Mars rover engineers&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/turtlerover.com\/\" target=\"_d\">Turtle Rover<\/a>\u00a0is a<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><em>remotely controlled mobile robot carefully designed to reach unseen places.<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><em>It\u2019s a reliable open-source platform providing you infinite possibilities of modification and development.<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><em>Snap pictures, make videos and mount anything you like on its shell and inside its watertight case!<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Development and production of the Turtle Rover will be accelerated by the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.kickstarter.com\/projects\/1174032727\/turtle-rover-worlds-first-earth-rover\" target=\"_d\">Turtle Rover Kickstarter<\/a> &#8211;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kickstarter.com\/projects\/1174032727\/turtle-rover-worlds-first-earth-rover\/widget\/video.html\" width=\"480\" height=\"270\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"> <\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>The Turtle can be controlled remotely via a WiFi application program:<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><em>Drive anywhere you like, bring back what you find, snap pictures, and record live videos!<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><em>With our mobile app and long-range communication capabilities, you don\u2019t have to be where Turtle is. The rover streams a live HD camera view and lets you see where you are going, even if it\u2019s out of your sight. The app works on any device that has access to a web browser, including phones and tablets. The range is up to 200 meters (220 yards).<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kickstarter.com\/projects\/1174032727\/turtle-rover-worlds-first-earth-rover\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"14857\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?attachment_id=14857\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/d3e1cb0ccd989f5b8d1d9f6255f61d1a_original1.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"680,351\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Turtle Rover &amp;#8211; Features\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/d3e1cb0ccd989f5b8d1d9f6255f61d1a_original1.jpg\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-14857\" src=\"http:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/d3e1cb0ccd989f5b8d1d9f6255f61d1a_original1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"258\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/d3e1cb0ccd989f5b8d1d9f6255f61d1a_original1.jpg 680w, https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/d3e1cb0ccd989f5b8d1d9f6255f61d1a_original1-300x155.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The Turtle is a spin-off of Mars rover projects at\u00a0the Wroclaw University of Technology<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><em>From 2012, we\u2019ve been involved in the development of Mars rover prototypes at the Wroclaw University of Technology. The rovers performed with top scores during the Mars Society University Rover Challenges, worldwide. We took a leap of faith in sending our Project FREDE experiment to the stratosphere with the support of ESA, DLR and SSC. Our team helped to design and manufacture electronic enclosures for the DREAM Project that was sent to space with the REXUS rocket.<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><em>Last year, we decided to make space technology available for everyone. Our idea is to bring personal robotics to a new level. We want to give you\u2014makers, a simple, yet reliable platform to take your projects outdoors. That\u2019s how the idea of Turtle Rover was born.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>As of today, the Kickstarter has seen\u00a0<span class=\"green-700 inline-block js-usd_pledged medium type-16 type-24-md\">$37,611\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"block navy-600 type-12 type-14-md lh3-lg\">pledged towards a\u00a0<span class=\"money\">$71,174<\/span>\u00a0<span class=\"mobile-hide\">goal with 21 days left in the campaign.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The\u00a0Turtle Rover\u00a0is a remotely controlled mobile robot carefully designed to reach unseen places. It\u2019s a reliable open-source platform providing you infinite possibilities of modification and development. Snap pictures, make videos and mount anything you like on its shell and inside its watertight case! Development and production of the Turtle Rover will be accelerated by the\u00a0Turtle &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=14856\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Sci-Tech: Turtle Rover &#8211; &#8220;Waterproof open source RC robot designed by Mars rover engineers&#8221;<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-14856","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-science-and-technology"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p34aWK-3RC","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":7091,"url":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=7091","url_meta":{"origin":14856,"position":0},"title":"Update on the Chinese Yutu lunar rover and Chang&#8217;e 3 lander","author":"TopSpacer","date":"March 26, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"Leonard David obtains some details on the problems with the Chinese Yutu rover from \u00a0Yong-Chun Zheng, an associate researcher at the National Astronomical Observatories, Chinese Academy of Sciences\u00a0:\u00a0China\u2019s Moon Landing Mission: A Status Check - Inside Outer Space The primary failure is in the \"driving electronics section\": \u201cThe rover cannot\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Chinese space&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Chinese space","link":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?cat=79"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":3897,"url":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=3897","url_meta":{"origin":14856,"position":1},"title":"North Carolina girls build Mars rover for museum exhibit","author":"TopSpacer","date":"August 10, 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"Thirteen year-old Camille Beatty and her sister Genevieve are building robots with their dad at Beatty Robotics \"Family fun with mechatronics\". 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