Robotics

Started in the Spring of the 2020 pandemic, Harold the Crab is a fully 3D-printed, robotic, walking crab that emulates an arthropod's gait.

Harold is able to scuttle on both flat and textured surfaces and can be remotely controlled and programmed via a custom graphical user interface over the air.

Harold can also be commanded through voice control and acts as a test-bed for inverse kinematics programming and other control systems.

The A.R.M. or Articulated Robotic Manipulator, is 3-axis robot arm. The primary goal of this project is to have a fully autonomous cobot that can work in close-proximity to a human and accomplish tasks like cooking, cleaning, soldering, assembling, etc.

A.R.M. accomplishes these tasks via computer vision and inverse-kinematics.

The model to the left is the first iteration. Since this project's inception in 2021, there have been two additional iterations.

The TR.D.R. (pronounced trotter) or TRipedal Dancing Robot, is a fully 3D-printed, dancing robot. It's able to wirelessly connect to any computer to receive commands has an integrated touchscreen to interact with the user.

TR.D.R. is driven by 6 servo motors controlled with a Raspberry Pi Zero W integrated on a custom PCB.

Currently, TR.D.R. is still in development and the first iteration was shown off on March 3rd 2023 at RIT's Career Fair.