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+title: CV.01 Robotic Mission to Mars
+type: draft
+skills: [C#, ASP.NET, MVC3, HTML, CSS, JavaScript, AJAX, Computer Vision]
+link: https://www.vssec.vic.edu.au/rmtm-challenge-enrichment/
+image: https://www.vssec.vic.edu.au/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/detail-image-3-3.jpg
+summary: An interactive educational game which simulates a Robotic Mission to Mars, including control of a real-life robot!
+template: cv
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+# Robotic Mission to Mars
+
+This was one of my favourite projects to work on, despite the frustrations.
+A cloud-based application for the Victorian Space Science Education Center (VSSEC),
+which would allow a class of secondary school children log in, be assigned various
+mission roles and run a simulated Mars Rover mission.
+
+The kicker: students actually ended up controlling a physical rover robot that would
+drive around VSSEC's on-site Mars simulation area.
+
+It was a technical challenge to run 12+ users concurrently viewing the same set of
+data, and issuing requests and instructions to each other. Data was partially plotted
+in advance, and partially randomised. There were also random events like dust storms
+or electromagnetic interference, which the students would have to cooperate and
+coordinate to overcome.
+
+Plus the added technical challenge of interfacing with VSSEC's rover, as well as
+computer vision data to track its physical location on the ground. It would've been
+so much easier to simulate that data along with the rest, but you can't beat the
+coolness factor of driving a real robot and seeing the live feed from its camera.
+
+Also, once development was almost complete, we recieved graphic designs from a
+design agency, which required a lot of re-working to the front-end to make it fit
+the final design. It ended up looking great, though.