The group's prototype rover was constructed to maneuver around obstacles, thus making durability essential. Although exploration would be very beneficial, if the rover was able to retrieve objects, it would be an even greater achievement. The rover prototype was also designed so that a metallic object, emitting a 10 kHz infrared signal could be recognized and retrieved. These objectives proved to be very challenging. It was a very important lesson in the engineering design process.
Much excitement is conjured up when one talks about robots in the engineering sense.
It would be a great conversation piece for almost any group of people, even one with little interest in the actual construction of an autonomous creation. The creation of a rover-type vehicle would serve a very useful purpose in the aerospace field. A vehicle that would be able to detect a signal being emitted from an object, as well as travel towards this signal and retrieve it would be a great creation. To improve such an implementation, make the vehicle autonomous, thus giving it the ability to maneuver through the terrain by itself. This would make the vehicle an exceptionally useful tool in conducting interplanetary research.