Devlog 5: We Got the Energy!!!!⚡️⚡️⚡️

Alr I didnt spend too long but this is kind of a big update visually
After seeing the love from you guys i thought you might wanna see this…

Im writing this so early also because im gonna be gone on a trip for a couple days.

So below in the image as you can see i added kind of a beetle winged solar panel system.

I call it beetle style cause it can like transform into…

1. Big expanded wings like a beetle or…
2. it can also close in to protect it self or to make itself compact

What I did besides that?

Basically i added solar panels (⚡️) and a frame to to hold the solar panels

I also did some reasearch and planning for an assistant drone, kinda like ingenuity helping perserverence out.

Having eyes from above is very usefull in a world like mars

Next?

• We need 3rd person view for Rover X
• Then we can work on the controls for the drivers seat.
• I also have plans for maybe animating it. Mb blender or smth like that
• I might also add a way to compress the rovor so it is easy to send to space and then is decompresses on its own

P.S Comment if i should change the solar panels layout or smth
P.P.S Make sure to check out @sol4r_on_hackclub ’s Pocket city. Its pretty cool
P.P.P.S (idk if P.P.P.S exists) Repost if you want more people to see this
P.P.P.P.S Dont suprise me with a gazillion views and likes after im back

🌌🛰🧑‍🚀🚀🌠

Devlog 4: Reinforced Steel seats, and a lot of PAIN

For some reason fusion has defaults everything to steel so at first the seats looked like complete steel.

I tried using form so it didnt look like a brick

Ig it kinda worked …

but I still had to do something about the steel so i changed the steel look to fabric and i experienced metal chain mail at 2 fps and infinite lag. Thats the best way i can explain it. 😆

What i really did?

First of all Big shoutout to:
@Abracadabra3
Remember in my last devlog when i said enter doesnt work.

I forgot to say shift enter doesnt work either. But that was old news. The hack club officials fixed that issue. Shift enter used to only work on chrome or windows or linux. but not mac. But now i think it works on any device

(To summarize, he reminded me of shift enter and then i did it now and it worked)

i dont really understand it to be honest

But still Shift enter is kinda annoying

Alright lets dive back in!

So basically after 8 hours of painfull fusion editing i made the bench and seats it still looks awfully ugly though. and i dont even know why something that looks so simple took 8 hours of my life. i swear ive had to restart the form like 50 times! because fusion dosent have a tool to edit an existing form (im pretty sure 😄 )

Next?

I need to work on shortening devlogs, fr though

Besides that we need the energy!!!! ⚡️

….

For the rover of course, Im not sure if i should do nuclear, solar, or both. Cause the perserverance uses some extremley complicated type of nuclear energy but its assistant the ingenuity helicoptor uses solar…

Along with that we work on driving system and controls

P.S Comment which energy system i should add

P.P.S Repost this if you think its tuff (Reposting basically means you like this post and want more people to see it)

🚀🛰🧑‍🚀!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Devlog 3: Ik I have been slacking around a bit but there is a reason…

Ive been trying to put my robotic arm on the rover but I dont know where…
I tried the Roof but then it looked like Dr. Otto Octavius from Spiderman.

So then I ended up googling up rover arm pictures on google for 30 minutes and then eventually decided I should put it on the side of the rover and now it looks like some Alien Skinny Arm with steel spheres.

What Happened?

I ended up fighting with fusion and my Intel Mac’s extreme tantrums and finally after a couple breaks (Not for me for fusion) I added the robot arm.

IDK how it took me 5 hours but I can tell you those 5 hours were incredibly painful

And then I come to write this devlog and the popup window says pls write this yourself.

Im like I do but it’s not my fault the text editor doesn’t let me enter. So I always have to write my thing in notes.

Next?

Im taking a break from the robot arm and im gonna go into the seats

Im thinking of a bench at the back and maybe 2 pilot/copilot seats that rotate. Then ill work on the housing for the solar panels, and housing for the engine, brain, and other rover components

If you guys have any ideas please feel free to type. Im absoulutley confused on what I should do with the robot arm.

P.S If you thought this is cool. You can repost it!

Devlog 2: I know its been a long time!

Ive been all over the place with The Anypad and didnt really get enough time to post but now we are heading into only working on The Rover X

What Happened?

You remember the bare steel looking Frame now I added colors a good floor and other cool stuff you can find in the picture below.

This isn’t really based on any existing rover im just making my own design of one. Maybe I might make it so I can 3d print it

Next?

Now that im done with the base frame im gonna add a robotic arm thing and seats.

If you guys have any ideas please feel free to type. Im in that one long very confusing state most people have with their own projects.

Its in the state where everything feels uncertain and confusing.

P.S There are more than one pictures so you can slide through them…

Devlog 1: The Start of Rover X (To be fair I logged hours on this a week ago)

Alr I hope this project is more successful than The Anypad.
Although 5 hours in I have had way too many speed bumps.

What Happened?

Let me tell you…

Basically I tried doing this like every other project I do, I look at a video game, hardware, 3d model and get inspiration from it.

Then I head in directly without planning hoping it will work out. But that never works out.

Where did I get inspiration from

I got inspiration from
Space shuttle by @CoolHotDog64: https://stardance.hackclub.com/projects/10280

It’s just a masterpiece. So I thought I should make a 3d model too so that I can use my fusion 360 skills ive been learning.
The problem is Sculpting is hard with fusion360. Fusions more like measurements and geometry(idk how to explain this. For those who know, You know. Ig there is a form option but still).
Blender is more of the sculpting type.

What have Started on?

Basically I made the rover wheels and finished a basic rocker-bogie suspension system

If any of you have any tips, tricks, or ideas, please feel free to comment.

P.S.
I use the same format for all my declogs, Honestly it works great. :)