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SNOOPERROVERWHEEL

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YEAR_2025/26

COMPANY_EuropeanSpaceAgency

COOPERATOR/CLIENT_BALMARD.O.O.

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Snooper rover, top-down studio hero showing the generative lattice wheels

EXPANDINGTHEROVERREACHANDMIELAGEFORLUNARMATERIALEXPLORATIONTHROUGHROVERWHEELDESIGN

Lunar surface reference photos paired with a torn-fabric material study

FEINSANDSURFACE(can behave like a fluid)

Abrasive lunar regolith

HOWTOACHIEVEMAXMIELAGEBEFOREBreakdown ?

Research collage — polar ice terrain, lunar craters, biomimicry sketches and early wheel renders

Similar conditionson Earth?

PREVENTINGREGOLITHAccumulation and abbrasion

Biomimicry research strip — gecko locomotion motion studies with tracked limb paths

BASILISKBIOMECHANICSASINSPIRATIONFORSPACIALCurve geometry

Early form studies — traced S-curve motion paths translated into generative leg shapes
Single generative lattice wheel, studio render on a mounting rail

PROOFOFCONCEPTANDPreliminary wheel test

Physical LEGO Technic proof-of-concept with 3D-printed lattice wheels
Nine-stage generative form and structural simulation strip for the wheel leg

WEIGHT-PERFORMANCEDESIGNOptimisation

FLIGHTCOSTREDUCTIONThrough weight reduction

Wheel hub component next to the full assembled rover render

DIRECTPOWDERDEPOSITIONWelding plan

Close detail of the generative lattice wheel structure, orange accent overlay
Full generative lattice wheel, studio product shot on black

Improoving directional traction?

Close three-quarter render of the assembled rover chassis and wheel legs

Final design for titanium-vanadiumalloy 3D print for hyperflexibilityand strenght

Full generative rover on simulated lunar terrain, mission scene
Snooper rover, full uncropped top-down studio render
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