Jonathon Nadeau Ankit Rukhaiyar Francisco Pastrana Patrick Serafin Collin R. Topolski
The Engineering Physics Propulsion Laboratory (EPPL) student team lead by Dr. Sergey Drakunov, has been working on the development of an Autonomous Reconfigurable Craft called the ARC. This spacecraft..
The Engineering Physics Propulsion Laboratory (EPPL) student team lead by Dr. Sergey Drakunov, has been working on the development of an Autonomous Reconfigurable Craft called the ARC. This spacecraft prototype features state of the art controllers and a reconfigurable, modular, and innovative design that allows for any component to be swapped out and accommodate many different specific mission requirements. Possible applications for the ARC include: interplanetary exploration, orbital missions, asteroid mining, deep space exploration, orbital construction, and as an educational remote platform. Current progress of the ARC includes the construction and testing of an attitude control platform in the EPPL high pressure test chamber. Other systems being develop include: main propulsion, vision interpretation, solar panel deployable system, landing gear system, robotic arms for sample manipulation, and a Nano-satellite deployment system.