In the realm of focus projects, teams of approximately six to ten students come together to conceive and actualize a product. Each team undertakes a unique project, rooted in a market-oriented challenge. This journey encompasses a true-to-life traverse through the entire product development process: from conceptualization, design, and engineering, to simulation, drafting, production, marketing, and financial considerations.
We developed custom testing rigs to test the robot's capabilities on earth. To test the jumping capabilities, the robot's weight is offset with a counterweight.
A gimble is used to test the reorientation capabilities of SpaceHopper. The robot is fixed in place but can rotate freely in all directions. This way, the body doesn't experience linear acceleration and can demonstrate its capability to reorient itself using only its legs.
Spacehopper is able to tepetably jump and reorientate itself in the coresponding test setup. By performing those movements it is able to demonstrate the core functionality nessesary for locomotion on asteroids or moons.
