Mars Rover Term Project Phase 1 PDR Date : Oct 25, 2010

Introduction  Problem description  Design a simplified Mars Rover for a low-cost exploration to map a portion of the Martian surface and report on the presence of certain mineral deposits.  The system is composed of three separate elements:  A mission control based on earth  A rover base based on Mars  Multiple, physically identical, rovers that will be deployed to map the Martian surface and gather information on mineral deposits

Outline  Mission Control package  Rover Base package  Rover package  Comments, Questions, Issues

Mission control package

Mission Control package  Context Diagram  Use case diagram

Mission Control package  Upload mission plan

Mission Control package  Receive consolidated report

Mission Control package  Request on-site imagery

Rover Base package

 Static class diagram

Rover Base package  Context diagram  Use case diagram

Rover Base package  Receive mission plan

Rover Base package  Process periodic rover reports

Rover Base package  Send consolidated report

Rover Base package  Capture panoramic image

Rover package

 Static class diagram

Rover package  Context diagram  Use case diagram

Rover package  Rover receive plan

Rover package  Goto initial position

Rover package  Traverse planned path

Rover package  Execute mapping plan

 Construct mineral map

Rover package  Transmit report

Rover package  Avoid obstacle

Rover package  Execute fail-safe plan

Comments, Questions, Issues

 Comments  Assumptions  Rover is aware of its own current location  Rover has some memory indicator that triggers with capacity reaches 80%

Comments, Questions, Issues  Questions  Can there be sequence diagrams without a use case?

Comments, Questions, Issues  Issues  Papyrus does not preserve look after save and reopen