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2024 CampaignURC 2024 & ARC 2024🏆 Finalist & Outstanding Technical Execution

YGGDRASIL Rover

High-Torque Extreme Terrain Platform with Carbon-Fiber Armature

YGGDRASIL established new standards in robotic manipulation and autonomous terrain mapping during URC 2024 in Hanksville, Utah.

Weight49.2 kg
Max Speed1.5 m/s
Battery22.2V 25Ah Li-Po
YGGDRASIL Rover
Engineering Telemetry

Full System Specifications

Mass & Payload

49.2 kg / 10 kg max

Lightweight aerospace alloy structure optimized under strict 50kg competition limits.

Power & Battery

22.2V 25Ah Li-Po

Custom BMS with thermal runaway protection and continuous 2.5-hour mission endurance.

Manipulator Freedom

6-DOF Harmonic Drive Arm

Sub-millimeter inverse kinematics control for service panel operations and soil tube grasping.

Communication RF

5.8GHz + 2.4GHz Backup

900MHz Telemetry + 5GHz Video 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

Soil Chemistry Analyzer
Subsystem Module

Soil Chemistry Analyzer

Multi-chamber sample carousel with reagent micro-dispensers and microscopic imaging.

Harmonic Drive Arm
Subsystem Module

Harmonic Drive Arm

Carbon-fiber tubular arm with harmonic drive actuators delivering high precision and zero-backlash handling.