UWindsor Rover Team · Oct 2025 to Present

Mars Rover: GPS and Navigation Systems

Designed and programmed the rover GPS infrastructure and its ROS 2 bridge to an NVIDIA Jetson, and led the GPS sub team.

GPS Head and Outreach LeadNVIDIA JetsonROS 2GPS modulesArduinoSoldering and wiringTinkerCad
Mars Rover: GPS and Navigation Systems

Problem: A competition rover needs to know where it is. That takes GPS hardware, a clean data path into the autonomy stack, and a team that understands the circuits.

My role: GPS Head and Outreach Lead. I designed the GPS infrastructure and its ROS 2 bridge to an NVIDIA Jetson, and led the GPS sub team.

Outcome: Working GPS infrastructure on the rover stack, plus a sub team taught circuit fundamentals ahead of their coursework.

JetsonNVIDIA Jetson compute platform
ROS 2Bridge into the rover stack
LeadGPS sub team lead
Hands onSoldering, wiring, and assembly

What I did

I soldered, wired, and assembled rover hardware, and tested circuit designs in TinkerCad before building them.

On outreach, I pursued funding through a sponsorship package and coordinated rover delivery for competition.

Gallery

At the bench with the laptop and wired rover electronics.
At the bench with the laptop and wired rover electronics.
GPS tracking shown on a world map display, with the GPS module connected.
GPS tracking shown on a world map display, with the GPS module connected.
Soldered power connector, close up. Good joints are the whole job.
Soldered power connector, close up. Good joints are the whole job.

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