Institute for Human and Machine Cognition
Software Engineering Intern
June 2021 - Aug 2021
- Train a semantic segmentation model to allow a Boston Dynamics Atlas robot to identify indoor objects of interest
- Pre-process and manually label image datasets to enable the highest performance for the semantic segmentation models in questions
Monolithic Systems Lab - University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Undergraduate Researcher
May 2020 - Sept 2020
- Design a pneumatic control board designated for a heart simulator that pressurizes two pneumatic actuators through digital commands
- Develop the bill of materials and CAD assembly for the aforementioned control board
Biorobotics Lab - Carnegie Mellon University
Undergraduate Researcher
May 2020 - Present
- Train a Deep-Q neural network to select modules to append to a robotic arm design given a goal position in space to reach
- Implement an actor-critic deep reinforcement learning algorithm to optimize continuous design variables for modules being added to a robotic arm design
mLab - Oregon State University
Undergraduate Researcher
Jun 2019 - Nov 2019
- Prototyped pneumatic artificial muscles to investigate the implementation of antagonistic actuator systems into soft robotic arms
- Authored an accepted conference paper to detail the primary advances that were made through the work on this project
The Robotics, Automation, and Dance Lab - University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Undergraduate Researcher
Jun 2019 - Nov 2019
- Prototyped pneumatic artificial muscles to investigate the implementation of antagonistic actuator systems into soft robotic arms
- Authored an accepted conference paper to detail the primary advances that were made through the work on this project