MASLAB Robot During IAP of my first year at MIT, I participated in MASLAB, also known as Mobile Autonomous System Laboratory. In this class, students form teams to design, build, and program an autonomous robot to compete against one another…
Biomechatronics Lab I began to research for the Biomechatronics Lab in Media Lab during the IAP of my freshman year. My project involved creating a soft robotic pneumatic system that could provide pressure feedback to lower extremity amputees. The system…
WORMS During my sophomore year I joined WORMS, a club affiliated with the Aero Astro department at MIT working on further developing a legged robot that was initially developed in response to NASA’s Big Ideas Challenge. WORMS is a configurable…
Quadcopter During the summer after my freshman year, I decided to build a quadcopter as one of my first independent projects. I chose it because it’s a popular beginner project and seemed like a great introduction to personal engineering builds.…
Myoelectric Arm I’ve always been fascinated by prosthetics and exoskeletons. My research in the Biomechatronics Lab gave me a glimpse into the innovations driving these devices to more closely mimic natural limbs. Inspired by this experience, I set out during…
Quadruped (In Progress!) I’ve always been fascinated by biomimetic robots, from MIT’s robotic cheetah to Boston Dynamics’ Spot. I was especially interested in learning the kinematics that define their movement. During the summer after my sophomore year of college, I…
Power Electronics Lab During the fall semester of my junior year, I took 6.131 (Power Electronics Lab) taught my Professor Steve Leeb. Throughout the class, we covered ways to step-up and down voltage between DC-DC, AC-AC, DC-AC, and AC-DC. Fluorescent…