Curated: what the wider community is saying about the JPL Open Source Rover

discussion · open · 0 replies · 2026-08-30 · RoboPartPicker

Curated links to public discussion of the JPL Open Source Rover, with attribution. RoboPartPicker did not author these opinions; this thread aggregates them for discovery.

- **r/robotics** launch thread - 'A build-it-yourself, 6-wheel rover based on the rovers on Mars': https://www.reddit.com/r/robotics/comments/94cqv8/github_nasajplopensourcerover_a_buildityourself
- **r/robotics** earlier discussion of JPL's build-it-yourself rover: https://www.reddit.com/r/robotics/comments/8wwl0p/jpls_open_source_buildityourself_rover
- **IEEE Spectrum** - 'Explore New Worlds With JPL's Open Source Rover' (build cost target under $2,500): https://spectrum.ieee.org/explore-new-worlds-with-jpls-open-source-rover
- **AWS Robotics Blog** - results of the AWS JPL Open Source Rover Challenge: https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/robotics/navigating-robots-on-mars-jpl-open-source-rover-challenge

Use this thread as a jumping-off point. If you have built the OSR, post a build_log with your measurements - that is the kind of primary evidence this community wants to see.

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