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Title: EEVblog #885 - Audi Quattro Lunar Rover Unboxing!
Post by: EEVblog on May 30, 2016, 02:04:51 pm
World's first unboxing of a lunar rover!
The Audi Lunar Quattro moon rover, which is an entry in the Google  Lunar X-prize. Scheduled for launch in 2017.
Developed by PT Scientists.
With the head of electronics development, Karsten Becker.
More videos coming...
http://lunar.xprize.org/teams/part-time-scientists (http://lunar.xprize.org/teams/part-time-scientists)
http://www.mission-to-the-moon.com/ (http://www.mission-to-the-moon.com/)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S7NoK2fiUD4 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S7NoK2fiUD4)
Title: Re: EEVblog #885 - Audi Quattro Lunar Rover Unboxing!
Post by: r4ptor on May 30, 2016, 02:59:26 pm
Ah the part time scientists. I met them on the 28c3 (https://events.ccc.de/congress/2011/Fahrplan/events/4821.en.html) in Berlin in 2011(very fiendly and cool germans). They did a very impressive lecture on this thing and the project itself.

Still have a Tshirt of the guys :)

Here are two pictures of the rover in 2011. Changed a little bit :)

[edit] sry for the image quality, crappy iphone.
Title: Re: EEVblog #885 - Audi Quattro Lunar Rover Unboxing!
Post by: G7PSK on May 30, 2016, 08:36:09 pm
Sagan now has some very serious bragging rights at school, He drove a moon rover. Not many kids can say that. Well done Sagan :-+ :)
Title: Re: EEVblog #885 - Audi Quattro Lunar Rover Unboxing!
Post by: AF6LJ on May 30, 2016, 08:57:33 pm
Quote from: G7PSK on May 30, 2016, 08:36:09 pm
Sagan now has some very serious bragging rights at school, He drove a moon rover. Not many kids can say that. Well done Sagan :-+ :)
Indeed he does. That's Cool.
Title: Re: EEVblog #885 - Audi Quattro Lunar Rover Unboxing!
Post by: rrinker on May 30, 2016, 09:11:36 pm
 He's got bragging rights ANYWHERE. How many ADULTS can say they've driven a lunar rover?
Title: Re: EEVblog #885 - Audi Quattro Lunar Rover Unboxing!
Post by: imidis on May 31, 2016, 02:05:37 am
Awww, was hoping for a tear down.  >:D
Title: Re: EEVblog #885 - Audi Quattro Lunar Rover Unboxing!
Post by: tautech on May 31, 2016, 02:52:29 am
Aw Dave.....never seen you do an unboxing without your Dundee knife.  :scared:

Thanks for sharing.
Title: Re: EEVblog #885 - Audi Quattro Lunar Rover Unboxing!
Post by: bryanrj1 on May 31, 2016, 10:10:42 am
This would look great inside the Shermer High School shop class.
Title: Re: EEVblog #885 - Audi Quattro Lunar Rover Unboxing!
Post by: Halcyon on June 01, 2016, 03:30:48 am
The guy sitting under the projector screen in r4ptor's photo kind of looks like Sergeant Schultz.

(http://www.wearysloth.com/Gallery/ActorsB/tve917-19661021-156.jpg)
Title: Re: EEVblog #885 - Audi Quattro Lunar Rover Unboxing!
Post by: Orpheus on June 01, 2016, 11:58:56 am
Dear Karsten,

If you have a moment, do you think you could print off an extra copy for us to tweak for Mars in 2018, just in case?

Thanks, bud! You're the best!

-- elon
Title: Re: EEVblog #885 - Audi Quattro Lunar Rover Unboxing!
Post by: KoF on June 01, 2016, 03:55:16 pm
If you want to see some more german robots you should visit the DFKI-RIC in Bremen (German Research Center for Artificial Intelligence - Robotics Innovation Center).

Robot systems: http://robotik.dfki-bremen.de/en/research/robot-systems.html (http://robotik.dfki-bremen.de/en/research/robot-systems.html)
Wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/German_Research_Centre_for_Artificial_Intelligence (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/German_Research_Centre_for_Artificial_Intelligence)

 :-+ By the way, there is an open house presentation @ 14. Jun