Teams and projects

Find your team

Six project teams build the rover. Four operations teams keep the society running. Every one of them is open to new members.

Subteams

See what each team does

You choose your teams in your first onboarding step after you sign up, and you can change them later in the member portal.

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.

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.

Beach test day, early 2026

Current project

We are building WALLY for the 2027 Australian Rover Challenge. Each project team works on one of its subsystems.

01 · Structures
Custom chassis
A lightweight aluminium chassis with custom sway bar suspension, for manoeuvrability and stability on rough terrain.
02 · Power systems
Custom power distribution
Power management circuitry designed for safety, reliability and modularity.
03 · Tooling
Robotic arm and excavator
A robotic arm, still in development, for the challenge tasks such as servicing equipment and operating panels, and an excavator designed for the competition.
04 · Navigation and control
Remote base station
An operator drives WALLY by remote control from a dedicated base station with a live video feed.
05 · Science payload
Resource extraction
A science payload designed to drill, collect and extract water from lunar ice analogues.

Membership

New members start with onboarding sessions, then learn from experienced members at subsystem meetings, workshop build sessions and general meetings.

Regular beach test days combine field testing, competition preparation and time together as a team.