# Mars Rover Team, IIT Bombay

> Team Lead, Dec 2022 – Mar 2026

- Role: Team Lead
- Type: Research
- Period: Dec 2022 – Mar 2026
- Location: IIT Bombay
- Guide: Prof. P.J. Guruprasad

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## What I did

- Coordinated a 50-member team across software, electrical and mechanical divisions
- Integrated a robotic arm URDF with RViz and Gazebo for inverse-kinematics simulation using MoveIt2
- Implemented a bidirectional 433 MHz LoRa telemetry link for real-time command transmission
- Added CAN communication and custom PCBs; offloaded PID control to an STM32 over UART