I keep a little black book full of ideas for cool projects and businesses to start. Some of them make it into reality, but most don't. I've put some effort into documenting some of my more interesting projects for others to enjoy, so I hope you'll let me know if you see something you like. I like to build a circuit board on occasion, and usually my projects involve some form of custom software and 3d modeling. MIT is like a playground when it comes to building things. I have access (directly or through labs) to laser cutters, CNC machines, computer clusters, electronic labs, and entire machine shops. It would be a crime not to take advantage of these resources.
High-security safe cracker - Robotic fixture to crack safes
Robot wheelchair - Robotic mobility aid for disabled people
DARPA Grand Challenge - Robotic pickup truck designed to cross the desert
Alan Touring - Robotic tour guide for MIT
Roomba prodder - Automated factory test machine for iRobot's Roomba vacuum
White Castle (Contest Robot) - Robot that uses vision to collect balls
WaveMaster - Pulsed RADAR prototype for US Army
LIDAR Guts - Dissection of a $6K industrial laser scanner
Decimator 2.0 - 235lb. fighting robot with liquid CO2 powered axe
Decimator - 210lb fighting robot with a pneumatic cannon
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