Placeholder: recruitment is open for every subteam
Placeholder post. A recruitment announcement: which subteams are looking for members, and how to sign up.
Macquarie Aerospace Rover Society
Build a rover with us
Macquarie University students from every degree design, build and test a competition rover together. No experience needed.
What we do
Learn engineering by building a rover
Members take WALLY from CAD model to field test, and run the sponsorship, media and events that keep the society going.
Backed by the Space Research Network and Macquarie University.
- 01
Design
Model parts in CAD, plan circuits and write the software that drives the rover.
- 02
Build
Fabricate the chassis, make custom circuit boards and wire the power system.
- 03
Test
Drive the rover on rough ground, find what breaks and fix it before competition.
Beach test day, early 2026Current mission
WALLY
- Drivetrain
- All-wheel drive
- Control
- Remote base station
- Goal
- Australian Rover Challenge
WALLY is our student-built competition rover. Every project team designs a part of it.
MARS in numbers
Many disciplines build one rover
Member and subteam numbers come straight from the member portal, so they stay current.
- 1+MembersCurrent members
- 10SubteamsProject and operations teams
- 5+DisciplinesSTEM, business, media and more
- 1RoverWALLY, our competition build
Subteams
Pick the team that suits you
From Structures and Power Systems to Marketing and Media, every subteam takes new members, whatever their degree.
Project teams
Engineering and technical- 01
Structures
Mechanical design, CAD modelling, structural engineering, and fabrication.
- 02
Power Systems
Power system design, battery management, custom PCB fabrication, and wiring harnesses.
- 03
Control Systems and Software
Rover software architecture, ROS2 autonomous navigation, pathfinding, and sensor fusion.
- 04
Robotic Arm
Kinematic modelling, end-effector design, electronics, and inverse kinematics.
- 05
Excavator
Design, manufacturing and electronics for the competition excavator.
- 06
Science
Scientific experiment design, testing, fabrication, and operation.
Operations teams
Business, media and IT- 07
Marketing and Media
Social media management, branding, video production, photography, and society event planning.
- 08
IT and Infrastructure
Public website development, base station systems, cloud infrastructure, and internal systems.
- 09
Business and Sponsorship
Strategic industry partnerships, financial planning, corporate sponsor relations, and grant acquisition.
- 10
Management and Operations
Society administration, event logistics, and project management.
Newsroom
Read the latest from the workshop
Placeholder: welcome to the new MARS website
Placeholder post. Introduce the new website and member portal to members and sponsors.
Placeholder: inside the WALLY build
Placeholder post. A build log format for showing what each subteam worked on this month.
Our sponsors
Meet the partners behind WALLY
Thank you to the organisations that help us build WALLY.
