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New Wheels

This year, we are using a custom wheel design to address a number of issues we encountered in our previous designs, which used commercial wheels. The wheels this year will completely enclose the drive motors, preventing them from being struck on rocks. They are also wider and have custom treads to provide more traction. These improvements will allow us to travel over any type of terrain we come across.

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We're building a Mars Rover to compete at the University Rover Challenge this summer. As one of the smallest teams at the competition, we're writing all original software, creating our own PCB's, and machining our own parts.

In our inaugural year last June, we finished 14th out of 31 teams from across the world. In our second year, we are looking to improve our performance. We take pride in our work and want you to be a part of it too!

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