Senior Design Week 11: Group Work
- Senior Design
- Jul 18
- 1 min read
This week, the Astraeus team performed a final outdoor cleaning test to evaluate the system’s ability to remove Martian regolith simulant from both solar panels. Each panel was coated with 1 kilogram of MGS-1 dust to replicate surface conditions similar to those found on Mars.
Astraeus was positioned in front of Panel 1 and began the cleaning sequence using its five-axis robotic arm and variable-speed brush. The brush made stable contact with the surface and successfully cleared the dust in a single vertical pass. After returning to its start position, the rover repeated the process for Panel 2, once again demonstrating consistent dust removal across the full surface area.
Both cleaning cycles were completed without issue. The dust was visibly swept off the panel edges, confirming that the brush and arm design could effectively agitate and displace regolith in an outdoor test environment. These results verify the performance of the cleaning system on multiple targets and support its intended use for future off-world maintenance scenarios.
Videos and data logs from the Panel 1 and Panel 2 cleaning cycles will be included in the final report and presentation.
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