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About Me
About Me
I am a PhD student, started fall 2019, in Robotics at Oregon State University. I work in the Robotics Decision Making Laboratory (RDML) on high-level planning. My research focuses on high-level decision using algebraic topology. Previously I have interned at NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory working on an Ice-climbing robot, and The Aerospace Corporation for the Digital Communication Implementation Department. My undergraduate is a double-major in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science from New Mexico State University (NMSU). At NMSU I worked on a 3U CubeSat with its Nano-Satellite Laboratory.
Work Experience
Work Experience
Robotics Intern
Robotics Intern
NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory internship: May 2019 - Aug 2019, 12 weeks
Developed autonomy for IceWorm, an Ice-climbing robot. Worked on footstep planner, collision detection, intra-step planner. The work was developed and tested partially on hardware and in simulation.
Undergraduate Researcher
Undergraduate Researcher
New Mexico State University: Sep 2014 - May 2019
Team Lead for Command and Data Handling – (April 2015 - present) Development and testing of Command and Data Handling sub-team for INCA (Ionospheric Neutron Content Analyzer) nano satellite. Software written in C/C++ on a real time Linux system.
Project aims: To launch a neutron detector (built by NASA Goddard Space Flight Center) on a student built 3U cubesat. Mission launch 2016.
Robotics Intern
Robotics Intern
NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory internship: May 2018 - Aug 2018, 10 weeks
Developed Point Cloud Climber: A path planning algorithm for planning footsteps for robotic climbing of 3D surfaces in unknown environments. The work was centered around climbing icy environments using a single limbed, 2 ice screw robot. Development using the Point Cloud Library (PCL), and the Robot Operating System (ROS) for frameworks.
Engineering Intern
Engineering Intern
The Aerospace Corporation: May 2017 - Aug 2017, May 2016 - Jul 2016
Intern for the Department of Digital Communication Implementation. Developed real-time DSP audio localization algorithms for autonomous cars using GNU Radio as the framework. Developed an android app and server that uses a Software Defined Radio to use machine learning for localization.
Publications (Chronological order)
Publications (Chronological order)
Griswold, L. B., Rankin, I. C., Player, T. R., Walker, S., Davidson, J. R., Hollinger, G. A. (2021) Explainable Grasping with Soft Grippers using Visual Quality Metrics - Proc. IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems 2021 workshop "Benchmarking of robotic grasping and manipulation: protocols, metrics and data analysis", Virtual
Rankin, I. C., McCammon, S., Hollinger, G. A. (2021) Robotic Information Gathering using Semantic Language Instructions - Proc. IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA), Virtual
Rankin, I. C., McCammon, S., Hollinger, G. A. (2020) Optimized Robotic Information Gathering using Semantic Language Instructions - Proc. Robotics: Science and Systems Conference Workshop on Robots in the Wild: Challenges in Deploying Robust Autonomy for Robotic Exploration (RSS), Virtual
Rankin, I., Rankin, K., Lloyd, S., McNeil, I., McGinnis. A., Roberts, M., Stochaj, S., De Nolfo, G., Suarez, G., Dumonthier, J., Liceaga-Indart, J., Mitchel, G. (2019) Ionic Neutron Content Analyzer: System design of a student built 3U CubeSat - Proc. 70th International Astronautical Congress
Rankin K., McNeil I., Rankin I., Stochaj, S. (2019) How Not to Build a CubeSat - Lessons Learned from Developing and Launching NMSU's First CubeSat – Proc. Small Satellite Conference
J. G. Mitchell, A. Bruno, Candey, S, G.A. de Nolfo, J. Dumonthier, I. Liceaga-Indart, I. Rankin, K. Rankin, J.M. Ryan, S. Stochaj, G. Suarez (2019) Performance Characteristics of the Ionospheric Neutron Content Analyzer (INCA) - Proc. International Cosmic Ray Conference ICRC
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