Robotics Projects 

The Mobile Defense Robot is controlled by the Raspberry Pi 3. It uses autonomous driving to avoid obstacles and stay within the defined boundaries. It also uses the Raspberry Pi Camera and object recognition to identify and fire a Nerf turret at enemy objects. 

The Ultrasonic Mapping Robot uses an Arduino, a servo motor, and an ultrasonic sensor to measure distances while scanning 180 degrees. The measurements and corresponding angles are sent to a computer via Bluetooth and plotted in a GUI controlled by Processing. The GUI is used for path planning and localization based on predicting future measurements. 

The handheld 3D scanner uses the Microsoft Kinect and a real time SLAM (simultaneous localization and mapping) algorithm to build a 3D model of what the user scans. The SLAM algorithm creates the 3D model and updates the location of the scanner within the 3D model.