EmberWave
FreeRover Design Checklist
10 checks to run before you commit to CAD. Rover teams: email us with "rover" in the subject and your hardest design question.
Services
How it works
Scope is agreed first, and payment comes before work.
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Tell us what you need and your deadline
Email us at hello@emberwavelabs.com with what you need checked, your deadline, and your organisation and country.
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Agree a fixed scope
We agree the document, the guideline or standard, the size and the delivery date in writing. You receive an invoice in USD. Work starts when payment and your files have arrived.
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Get your review files
You receive the agreed PDF, Word or Excel files. Each service includes one call, as listed on the Services page. Reviews are documentation reviews, not engineering sign-offs.
For rover teams
Products
Competition requirement packs for URC 2027 and ARCh 2027: the official rules turned into a measurable requirements matrix (PDF + Excel). Plus design kits and Python tools for early concept comparison.
Free
$49- PDF + Excel
URC 2027 Requirements Pack
The University Rover Challenge 2027 rules turned into 98 measurable requirements, plus a PDR outline for the 2 Dec 2026 deadline built from the 2027 rules (the official 2027 PDR requirements are not posted yet).
$29- PDF + Excel
ARC 2027 Requirements Pack
The Australian Rover Challenge 2027 rules turned into 104 measurable requirements, with the required SAR page layout for 5 Feb 2027.
$149- PDF + Excel
- On sale until 1 Dec 2026
URC 2027 PDR Kit
The URC pack plus a PDR report skeleton and Gantt, budget, cost-cap and mass templates.
$99- PDF + Excel + Word + Python
Starter Kit
A 4-week guide, checklist, mass and power workbook, reading list and leg script.
$300- Python
- 35 sanity tests
RoverKit Team v0.1.1
A first-order Python toolkit to compare wheel-legged rover designs on soil, slopes, tip-over and obstacles.
$379- PDF + Excel + Word + Python
Team Season Bundle: URC 2027
Starter Kit, RoverKit Team v0.1.1 and the URC 2027 Requirements Pack. Three EmberWave products in one purchase, for one team.
For rover teams and for field-robotics and rover start-ups
Services
All reviews are documentation reviews, not engineering sign-offs. Public, non-controlled information only. Scope is agreed first, and payment comes before work.
$400
Design Report Review
Comments only on one draft of your PDR, CDR or SAR. Your team writes and edits everything. No promise of a score or a pass. URC teams: Rules 2027 3.b.ii limits advisors to academic-level advising, so confirm with your faculty advisor before you book.
- For rover teams
$1,800
Requirements & Verification Review
Requirements and verification reviews of your documents (fixed scope).
- For start-ups
$900
Model Check
A first-order cross-check of your engineering model, with written comments.
- For start-ups
$1,500
Technical Research Report
Technical research reports from public sources.
- For start-ups
Principles
How we work
First-order and labelled
Every EmberWave tool is first-order, not yet compared with hardware data, and says so on the label. Worked examples are illustrative. The tools are for comparing concepts early, not for signing off a final design.
Documentation reviews, not sign-offs
All reviews are documentation reviews, not engineering sign-offs. Comments only. Your team writes and edits everything.
Public, non-controlled information only
No export-controlled data. Companies, and teams with a company sponsor, sign a short "not controlled" statement before any file is sent.
Payment before work
Scope is agreed first, and payment comes before work.
Questions before you buy? Email hello@emberwavelabs.com. You get a personal reply.