The NASA Mars Sojourner rover inspired this project.
I followed the mission with great enthusiasm and witnessed a giant leap in robotics that day it began roaming the Martian terrain and sending images back to earth.
Though I was in awe when the Viking missions of the 1970’s were in progress, we didn’t see that near real-time interaction with the craft. The twin rovers scheduled to launch May/July 2003 and land on the surface January 2004 will be something to follow!
PDA Robot is a scaled down version of Sojourner that has a similar framework, components, and functionality at a much lower cost!
