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Missouri S&T Mars Rover Design Team

The Missouri University of Science and Technology (Missouri S&T) Mars Rover Design Team (MRDT) was founded in spring 2012. MRDT Competes annually in the University Rover Challenge (URC) sponsored by teh Mars Society in Hanksville Utah. URC is apart of the Rover Challenge Series. MRDT has podium finishes at URC in 2014, 2017, and 2018.

MRDT is structured like a small business, the team yearly builds a new rover (mechanically and electrically) from the ground up utilizing information learned from the prior years competition along with the released rules to make decisions such as to iterate on a prior years design or design and build a whole new rover platform.

Mission and Vision Statement

Vision Statement

Today. Tomorrow. Forever.

The vision statement of MRDT sums up the overall vision the team was founded over:

Today MRDT builds a new rover for competition, works to better their skills as the engineers, scientists, and leaders of tomorrow, and looks to forever inspire the next generation to pursue careers in STEM.

Rovers

Akers - URC 2013

URC Rank: 10th of 10

URC Score Breakdown:

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Phoenix Platform

The Phoenix platform consists of 3 rovers built by MRDT featuring a custom 6-wheel wishbone suspension.

Phoenix - URC 2014

URC Rank: 2nd of 23

URC Score Breakdown:

Total: 342

Terrain Traversal: 70

Astronaut Assistance: 20

Sample Cache: 95

Equipment Servicing: 63

Presentation: 94

Horizon - URC 2015

URC Rank: 5th of 26

URC Score Breakdown:

Total: 322

Terrain Traversal: 40

Astronaut Assistance: 23

Sample Cache: 100

Equipment Servicing: 75

Presentation: 84.2

ERC Rank: 10th of 20

Zenith - URC 2016

URC Rank: 1st in Phobos Division, 15th of 30

URC Score Breakdown:

Total: 255

Obstacle Course: 70

Science Cache: 100

Presentation: 85

Gryphon Platform

The Gryphon platform consists of 2 rovers built by MRDT featuring the teams custom mantis suspension allowing for increased terrain maneuverability.

Gryphon - URC 2017

URC Rank: 1st of 36

URC Score Breakdown:

Total: 403.4

Extreme Retrieval: 100

Autonomy: 100

Science Cache: 90

Equipment Servicing: 55

Critical Design Review: 81.4

Atlas - URC 2018

URC Rank: 2nd of 36

URC Score Breakdown:

Total: 339

Extreme Retrieval: 90

Autonomy: 10

Science Cache: 91.3

Equipment Servicing: 57

System Acceptance Review: 90.7