Project: Nano Talon VTOL Reason for Building: Risky Code changes Description: This project was for Volansi, a drone delivery company I was working at 2021-2022. The purpose of the platform was to test risky proposed code changes on a cheaper and less dangerous platform. We used this platform to do precision landing code validation for … Read more
Project: Ball Plate Balancer Reason for Building: Personal Enjoyment Description: This project was just for fun and the way that I achieved it was by designing the parts in Solidworks, 3D printing these parts, and finally assembling everything with code. I implemented a PID control algorithm on an Arduino that measures the pinball’s position on … Read more
Project: Line Following Robot Organization: Pobogames/Personal Description: I designed and 3D printed the components of a line following robot. The intention was to use this type of design for a class and build a curriculum around mechanical design, electronics, programming, and control. I was able to keep all the parts below $80 while still making … Read more
Project: 5 Bar Linkage Reason for Building: Personal Enjoyment Description: I saw a video of the plot clock on youtube which uses a similar 2 degree of freedom system to write the time every minute. I decided to figure out the inverse kinematics for the system and designed the parts in Creo to learn a … Read more
Project: RC Paddlewheel Boat Reason for Building: Personal Enjoyment Description: After swimming with a friend we started to discuss how we propel ourselves through the water. We decided it would be fun to have a small RC boat to toy around with that paddles. Using my 3D printer, I designed the components in Solidworks and … Read more
Project: Window Washing Robot Organization: Carnegie Mellon University Description: As a team of 4, we designed and built a prototype of a robot that is able to traverse a window and clean it. We competed against other teams of students and won first prize. In this project I did the majority of mechanical design, part … Read more
Project: RC Airplane Organization: MESA Lab UC Merced Description: My housemate and I found plans online for a scratch built airplane. We made it out of foam board and harvested the electronics form another crashed RC plane. A few parts are 3D printed because we didn’t have control horns or a motor mount for the … Read more
Project: Hydrogen Fuel Cell Powered Drone Organization: UC Merced TEEL (Thermal and Electrochemical Energy Lab) Description: I worked on developing a controller for a hydrogen fuel cell and li-po hybrid system tuned for drone power demands. This included the drone power draw, the characterization of the fuel cell, and the effect of the battery. We collected … Read more
Project: Collapsible drone cage Organization: UC Merced Mesa Lab Description: I made a small drone cage from deer netting, PVC, and 3D printed clips. I designed the clips to tension the netting over the PVC frame. The components were labeled for easy assembly. This cage was used during drone presentations for people to try micro drones indoors. … Read more
Project: Retrofitted Touch Screen Organization: Sentons Inc. A touch screen company in San Jose, CA Description: I tested and implemented a touch sensor that could use existing glass to create a touch screen. This allowed us to mount the sensor to any glass and after putting a monitor behind it the panel could be used … Read more