Advanced Robotics Class
During the Fall of 2023, I took an advanced robotics course which involved designing, building, and coding robots over 2-4 week cycles.
Final Project: Rough Terrain Bot
Based on Mars Rover designs, we constructed the "Doc Ock Bot". With six spindly legs, each with a DC motor attached at the end, it's capable of navigating all kinds of uneven terrain.
I was responsible for the entirety of wiring the bot. I also worked with the group on assembling, coding, and testing.
Watch me run after it here!
Project 4: Santa Sentencer
(Human Robot Interaction)
We used SMILEs Examples to train a deep-learning neural network with an ESP32-CAM Camera Module to detect whether a user was smiling or frowning. Based on this, we would launch candy or coal at them. A Lidar sensor in Santa's other eye detected how far the user was, so we could calculate how hard to throw.
Watch it throwing here!
Project 3: Balancing Robot
We used a PID control to implement angle and speed control in order to keep the robot balanced.
Watch it balance here.
