ARES Devlog — Virtual Mother Rover Online

Today I completed the first end-to-end rover pipeline.

Completed:

✅ Backend Ground Server
✅ WebSocket Communication
✅ Frontend Integration
✅ Virtual Mother Rover Simulator
✅ Mission Control Integration
✅ Live Map Integration
✅ Telemetry Integration

The dashboard is now receiving live rover state packets from a simulated Mother Rover.

Current metrics streamed:

• Battery
• Signal Strength
• Temperature
• Speed
• Heading
• Coordinates

Current Architecture:

Virtual Mother Rover
↓
FleetPacket
↓
Backend
↓
WebSocket
↓
Mission Control
Live Map
Telemetry

Next Step:

Create a hardware-compatible Mother Rover Adapter so a real ESP32 rover can replace the simulator without changing frontend code.