This sample has be taken from the 2016-2017 report submitted for and awarded the Neil Armstrong Best Design Award.
*Any typos or grammatical errors appeared in the original document.
We are proud that as a team that we have met the design goals established for this season. We improved upon our innovative cardboard wheel design and learned to work with composite materials. Our telemetry team will defend their Telemetry Award win last year with a VR camera system and we have added a SparkFun 9DoF Razor IMU MO which features an accelerometer and gyroscope that will provide time and position data to help us better understand our speed to improve our gear ratio for future years. Besides building a rover, we strengthened the bonds between all of the veteran team members and coaches while incorporating the new members into the team seamlessly. Together we accepted our failures and celebrated our successes. We have created not only a tangible product, but also learned skills and created memories along the way.