The ongoing global pandemic has forced just about everything online, as we try to minimize human contact to slow the spread of the virus. This has the potential to accelerate the adoption and development of robotics technologies. As a society, we have the option of trying to return to how…

This is a summary of my takeaways and further lines of inquiry after reading Facilitating Model-Based Control through Software-Hardware Co-Design authored by Ramos, Karz, Chuah and Kim. The paper details the design process for a bipedal robotic system and the control theory behind it. It appears the team is putting…

Our mobot completed the track successfully without the need for resets or multiple trials with a run time of 7.05 seconds and a stopping distance of 14.5 centimeters. While the stopping distance was slightly short of the intended 15 centimeters it was a rather negligible 3% difference from the goal. …

Fundamentals of Mechanical Engineering — December 2019

The back to school season has just begun. If you’re going to be a senior in high school and you’re anything like me that doesn’t fill you with any small amount of nerves. I remember counting down the days till college applications were due. Looking back at it now as…

When the massive tech conglomerate Google became Alphabet in 2015 they changed their slogan to “Do the right thing”. You wanna know what it was originally? “Don’t Be Evil”. Beyond the literal change Google, and many other tech companies, have shifted from this idea. From privacy scandals to sexual harassment…