Driving The Rover for the First Time! Charlie Hanner 2024-01-15 | We steered all four of our lunar rover prototype's 360-degree independent steering and drive actuators for the first time, all from onboard power! We built this rover in-house at the UMD Space Systems Laboratory! If you'd like to learn more about this project please visit the following links:charliehanner.com/biobotcharliehanner.com/vertexOr to find out more about the UMD space Systems Laboratory where I work please visit: charliehanner.com/where-i-work
Build a Rover With Me in 14 Minutes Charlie Hanner 2024-08-15 | We have been designing, fabricating, testing, upgrading, and re-testing our Earth-based prototype rover aimed at helping astronauts on the Lunar and Martian surface - this is a compilation of that build process! For more information on the rover itself: charliehanner.com/projects-overview/vertexTo see more about the research efforts: charliehanner.com/projects-overview/biobotAnd to see the most recent published paper, please go here: arc.aiaa.org/doi/abs/10.2514/6.2024-4887
Integrating Our 17 Long Robot Arm With Our Rover! Charlie Hanner 2024-05-06 | The integration of our 5 meter (17') long umbilical-tending robotic manipulator! The build up and design methodology for the arm can be found here: youtu.be/2hdg5uHAFdg #SpaceSystemsLaboratory #universityofmaryland
Our Concept for NASA’s 2024 TechLeap Challenge! Charlie Hanner 2024-02-22 | This is the SSL’s short-video submission for the 2024 NASA TechLeap Prize for a Universal Payload Interface! We want to evolve our design for modular interconnects between robot joints to create a simple, robust, and affordable payload interface to improve science flights across NASA. Our design combines V-grooves/Marman clamps with a speciality, low-cost, space rated, high-density connector capable of transferring power and data at any scale of payload.
SCUBA Bottles & Lunar Tires - Our BIG Idea for NASA in 2024 Charlie Hanner 2024-02-02 | UPDATE: WE MADE IT!! We will be participating as a finalist in the 2024 NASA BIG Idea Challenge! bigidea.nianet.org/2024-challenge/2024-challenge-finalists___________________________________This is our submission to the 2024 NASA BIG Idea Challenge as the University of Maryland's Space Systems Laboratory! We have a lot of experience with wheels, rovers, and inflatables as a laboratory and we want to combine all three to create the best possible combination for lunar exploration! This video was recorded by myself, and the music rights were purchased by/for me through Epidemic Sound
Driving our Lunar Rover Prototype Didnt Go As We Planned! #umd #rover #engineering #biobot Charlie Hanner 2024-01-15 | While testing our steering and drive systems on our Earth-analogue lunar rover not everything went according to plan! One steering actuator was being quite temperamental, but nothing a little percussive maintenance can't fix!
EXTENDED | Testing Steering and Drive On Our Lunar Rover Prototype - Laboratory Cam Charlie Hanner 2024-01-15 | This is the extended video for testing of our steering and drive motors for our Earth-analogue Artemis Lunar Terrain Vehicle! If you haven't seen the short-format video for this I highly recommend you check that out before watching this one! youtu.be/_iqVWSANG9c
Full Speed Rover Dyno Run Charlie Hanner 2024-01-10 | We threw our Artemis rover concept on the crane for our first full speed run of our drive motors and wheels!
We Built a Huge Robot Arm to Help Astronauts Explore Better! Charlie Hanner 2023-09-17 | Join us on a great engineering journey as we assemble and initiate testing of our groundbreaking 5-meter (17-foot) long robot arm, designed to support lunar exploration missions!📄 Discover the intricate details of our design in our published paper: hdl.handle.net/2346/89837At the Space Systems Lab, one of our foci is dedicated to advancing lunar exploration through our Earth-analog lunar roving system, known as the BioBot Concept. Our revolutionary approach aims to ease the burden on astronauts by transferring the bulk of their life support systems to a rover. One crucial link in this chain is our advanced umbilical-tending robot arm, showcased in this video, which will transport vital resources like water, power, and air.Don't miss out on the exciting journey of assembly and initial tests! Stay tuned for Part 2, where we'll demonstrate the arm's mounting onto the rover. 🚀 Explore the future of lunar exploration with us at the Space Systems Laboratory, University of Maryland! #SpaceSystemsLaboratory #UniversityOfMaryland #Robotics #Rovers #LunarExploration
We Drove Our Lunar Rover Analogue For The First Time! Charlie Hanner 2023-07-28 | We hooked up a motor driver to one of the wheels and did some driving with our rover! Then we put the rover on a cart, and pushed it over to our other building for the electronics integration phase (using the one powered wheel as the traction power rather than pushing!). We also did a photoshoot for a proposal putting TRAVELS on VERTEX and using the crane to pose the two rovers in various phases of deboarding.
Testing Our New 32” Coilovers On Our Rover | Part ⅔ of First Drive Charlie Hanner 2023-07-14 | Finishing touches on our new rover suspension! We roll out the rover in this video after some finishing touches and test the suspension to its new full capabilities in this video! First drive with one motor driver is next!
Day 2 at the 2023 Submarine Races! Charlie Hanner 2023-06-27 | The first course run and checkouts at the 2023 International Human-Powered Submarine Races!
I Was a Diver at the International Submarine Races Charlie Hanner 2023-06-26 | My activities on the first day of the International Submarine Races! Today was prep for the competition, including placing lights, timing gear, and prepping our SCUBA equipment for the week. Teams also arrived, performed their dry-checks of their systems, and prepped for the first in-water testing on Day 2!
We Put Huge Coilovers on Our Lunar Rover Analogue Charlie Hanner 2023-05-26 | This is part 1 of 3 of our first assembly of our lunar rover prototype! Building the new suspension system, the next video will show the final touches, including wheels, and a rollout for testing the whole suspension system's capabilities. Mixed by @ChrisTurnerDrums !
Testing UMD’s Robotic Lunar Rover Prototype in the Desert with JPL Charlie Hanner 2022-12-27 | This wheel-on-limb rover known as TRAVELS (Terrapin Rover Allows for Versatile Exploration of the Lunar Surface) was built in the University of Maryland's Space Systems Laboratory for NASA's 2022 BIG Idea challenge. This video is a summary of our experiences at the competition, from arrival and robot assembly through the desert testing and wrapping up with our tour of NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory. The rover was fabricated almost entirely from 3D printed components with commercial actuators paired with planetary gear sets and custom fabricated aluminum driveshafts. The abbreviated timeline of only 8 months for this project and a university-level research budget drove the system to this form as an efficient use of money and accessibility to researchers with little to no previous robotics experience.More information and our final paper for the project can be found at: charliehanner.com/travels
Wheel On Limb Rover Prototype Moonyard Testing Charlie Hanner 2022-11-13 | This is a brief video containing some of the testing performed with our wheel-on-limb lunar rover before our JPL demonstrationAudio sourced from Epidemic Sound subscription
Building Our Wheel On Limb 3D Printed Rover Charlie Hanner 2022-10-25 | UMD TRAVELS video for BIG Idea 2022 Submission Audio purchased royalty free with Epidemic Sound.
Lunar Rover Rollout Charlie Hanner 2022-09-12 | This is the first rollout of the SSL's new Earth-analogue lunar rover! @nicolasbolatto and I have worked for two years on the design, development, and manufacturing of the project hardware, and the rollout finally happened on Friday, September 9th. Months of welding, grinding, milling, hand filing, and beneficial friendly disputes have resulted in a rover we are incredibly proud of. This video also shows the initial verification runs of the suspension systems, driving each swing arm through 75% of it's total actuation range and at slower speeds (hence the sped-up video segments). This produces the chassis movements in pitch and yaw, which will eventually be used as an active control mechanism to guarantee stability on high slopes. There is still a lot of work ahead, but this was the first gigantic hurdle to cross. Onto the next improvements. Thanks to @oversteermedia for the final editing pass!
Robot Design and First Week as PhD Student Charlie Hanner 2022-05-28 | Graduation with M.S. and onward to PhD at the SSL!
UMD - BIG Ideas 2022 Submission Charlie Hanner 2022-01-19 | This is the submission for NASA's BIG Ideas competition from the University of Maryland's Space Systems Laboratory
Mikrolar Rotopod Training Charlie Hanner 2022-01-16 | This was from a training session with the Mikrolar Rotopod (R-2000) at the University of Maryland's Robotics Realization Laboratory (RRL)
NASA BIG Idea 2022 Thermal Vac Chamber B-Roll Charlie Hanner 2022-01-16 | This b-roll generated for the SSL's BIG Idea submission surrounding our Thermal Vacuum chamber
First Solo Flight Charlie Hanner 2021-08-26 | First solo flight from instructor stepping out to shutdown. Cut near the end was camera restarting after 30mins.
Tormach 1100MX Y Axis Issue Demo Charlie Hanner 2021-05-05 | Demonstration of backlash issue in the Tormach 1100MX shipped to us.
Loud - 1100MX Tormach Y-Axis Howl Charlie Hanner 2021-05-05 | This shows how we discovered the issue in our Tormach 1100MX. The squeal in the cutting of this circle when the tool aligns with the Y axis of the machine is suspected to be caused by a 0.003” slop in the axis from factory. The distinctive screeching sound you can hear is caused by the machine bed (and therefore the attached part) vibrating back and forth rapidly with an amplitude we believe to be the ~0.003”. The motion here is supposed to be on the level of ten-thousandths of an inch. As the part and table vibrates, it makes irregular contact with the spinning end mill, resulting in rough surface finished, reduced tool life, and unacceptable finished part tolerances. We’ve been trying over the last few months to remedy, thinking it was an issue in our tooling or work holding, or any other factor. But after running indicator tests we found the issue lies in the connection between the Y-axis ballnut and the cast machine bed. Notice the X-axis does not product this same issue, and after indicating shows to be well within the machine tolerance. The z axis additionally has not shown any issues. The issue appears to be contained to the Y-axis. The part being machined is a 7075 6” round billet in its first of 4 operations. This one is specifically for work-holding and indicating strategies in the later stages of the part.
Driving a Robot From Home? Charlie Hanner 2021-01-22 | This test was our first successful completion of two main objectives:1) Operate our satellite servicing manipulator from a remote location in real time2) Perform non-simulation testing of rotation about a predetermined fixed point While my coworker Nicolas and I were the in-person team for this test, Joe was communicating with us via video chat and controlled the robot solely based off a single camera angle and his software simulations. Lots of changes, improvements, and upgrades are well on the way for Ranger with many more tests planned in the coming months including the next step in this experimental direction: Underwater micro-gravity simulation with an inertial satellite mockup. The yellow strap surrounding the arm later in the video acted as a safety in the event of unforeseen manipulator issues, and the structural piece placed in RANGER's parallel jaw mechanism near the end is a long extrusion plastic representation of an ISS handrail.
NGC Cygnus - DYMAFLEX Orbital Task Demo Charlie Hanner 2020-10-05 | This is a compilation of the animations created for the Space Systems Laboratory's DYMAFLEX robotic manipulators in preparation for a presentation with Northrop Grumman Corporation. This video specifically focuses on the unique opportunities in utilizing DYMAFLEX on the Cygnus spacecraft in development and testing of capabilities in the areas of satellite servicing and manipulator tasks.hannermanufacturing.com
ENAE464 Composite FEM/SIM analysis Charlie Hanner 2020-05-01 | These are the results of an analysis completed using Siemen's NX Nastran FEM/Simulation capabilities studying both bending (deflection) and buckling of a 14 layer composite crash beam with a layer pattern -45/45/0/0/0/45/-45 repeated.
ENAE423 Finite Element Analysis HW Charlie Hanner 2019-11-14 | This is a video submission for ENAE423 Vibrations and Aeroelasticity FEM homework showing the first six non-rigid body modes (6 - 12) at higher frequencies.
Sounding Rocket Launch and Robotic Experiment! Charlie Hanner 2019-11-08 | This is a recap video of the August 12th, 2019 Sounding Rocket launch carrying the University of Maryland Space Systems Lab's SCAMP-II robotic manipulator testing platform. Credit to NASA.tv for the launch footage used in the beginning, and all other footage captured personally by our independent experiment. If you have any questions about the experiment or the launch feel free to reach out and we answer your questions! The other independent camera videos are also available on my YouTube channel with additional information.https://ssl.umd.edu/https://www.CharlieHanner.com/
RockSat X Camera B Unedited Video Charlie Hanner 2019-08-13 | This is the camera B recording from the August 12th, 2019 RockSat-X mission from the University of Maryland unedited.
RockSat X Camera A Unedited Video Charlie Hanner 2019-08-13 | This is the camera A recording from the August 12th, 2019 RockSat-X mission from the University of Maryland unedited.
Ranger Plate Milling Charlie Hanner 2019-08-05 | This is the milling process for Ranger's interstitial plates on its positioning leg, and all parts shown are untouched after coming off the machine. They'll undergo sanding and anodizing before installation, and once assembled I'll post a video about where these fit and more about their purpose. After over a mile of machine path, a 3.38 lb plate with an isogrid is milled from a 21 lb, 12x12x1.5 piece of rectangular stock (that's 83.9% material removed!) over the course of ~10 hours of machine time (not including setups and tool changes)(Music provided by bensound.com)
Rocket sequence testing of payload! Charlie Hanner 2019-06-25 | Here we can see both arms functioning on the rocket with the flight time clock in view!
RockSat-X Payload Integration Charlie Hanner 2019-06-25 | Here is a video we took at check-in that shows the functionality of the robots on the University of Maryland’s RockSat-X Payload. You can see in this video everything from pre-launch to launch to experiment microgravity phase to stowage, and unfortunately while recording this video the farther of the two arms had a software crash mid experiment, however successfully rebooted and began its experiment again. We are happy to report this did not happen during any of the other testing throughout our integration week, and the mass ejection systems on the end of the arm both survived vibrational testing loads with full functionality of the robot. Overall a great week and the next month can be spent refining the robots further for anticipated flight on August 12th.
A Saturday afternoon Charlie Hanner 2019-02-10 | Making more parts as a little personal project for a friend! More videos coming as we finish more parts for it and get to assemble it!
Easy Breezey Air Tools Charlie Hanner 2019-01-07 | It only took 3 Home Depot’s and a Lowe’s to get all the parts, but got most of the air fittings changed in the lab... last two to do tomorrow after some temporary rearrangement.
Outer Bearing Clamp Charlie Hanner 2018-07-19 | Finished 3/4 of the o-ring seals, and onto the hardest part next!
Central Housing 2nd Half Charlie Hanner 2018-07-18 | Part 2 of the central housing! Today's operations completed the central housing on the Devo robot, and all of the machining ended up being perfectly concentric with yesterday's work! Onto the next piece!
Central Housing 1st Half Charlie Hanner 2018-07-17 | This video shows the progress on Devo's final Central Housing. Unfortunately I was unable to speed up the regular speed footage obtained, but future videos will be captured entirely in timelapse.
