Phobos is a rover designed to aid with the search of habitable regions on Mars and the discovery of ice. Equipped with a wide variety of sensors that work in synergy to detect the most suitable enviroment for human survival. Designed to coast along the surface of mars and programmed to avoid any danger, if any, it is the first of its kind because of its small size but large capability. Finally, after three long month of tirelessly designing and programming, it "came to life".
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The robot uses complex calculations in order to determine the exact X and Ycoordinates, by using the compass heading and speed. These coordinates are utilized by a program written in Python, to display a Cartesian graph of the rovers exact journey. An added benefit of using a Cartesian graph is that distance can be easily calculated because the measurements on the side correlate to meters. Below is an example of what the mapping looks like.
