2022 CampaignURC 2022🏆 1st in Asia & Top 10 Worldwide
MAVEN & MAVEN 2.0
The Breakthrough Rover that Put Bangladesh on the Global Martian Map
MAVEN made history for Bangladesh by securing 1st place in Asia at the University Rover Challenge 2022 held at Mars Desert Research Station, Utah.
Weight49.8 kg
Max Speed1.4 m/s
Battery24V 18Ah Li-Po
Engineering Telemetry
Full System Specifications
Mass & Payload
49.8 kg / 7 kg
Lightweight aerospace alloy structure optimized under strict 50kg competition limits.
Power & Battery
24V 18Ah Li-Po
Custom BMS with thermal runaway protection and continuous 2.5-hour mission endurance.
Manipulator Freedom
5-DOF Manipulator
Sub-millimeter inverse kinematics control for service panel operations and soil tube grasping.
Communication RF
5.8GHz + 2.4GHz Backup
COFDM Wireless Link
Autonomous Nav
Dual RealSense + RTK-GPS
ROS2 Nav2 stack running real-time 3D voxel grid mapping and dynamic obstacle avoidance.
Science Lab Unit
In-situ Bio-detection
Deep soil auger with multi-chamber spectrophotometric reagent testing.
Module Architectures
Subsystems & Payloads
Subsystem Module
Titanium Rocker-Bogie
Custom differential rocker-bogie for steep sand dune climbing.