18 Servo Hexapod
ABS plastic, 18 RC servos, Pololu serial servo controller. Tripod gait
Projects by Category
MechE
DIY Menstrual Cup
Used body-safe two-part silicone with 3d printed molds to create a menstrual cup.
Rideable Hexapod
Demo'd at NYC Maker Faire. Welded steel frame, two wheelchair motors, 24V battery pack.
Sailboat Rudder
Made 26' boat rudder from scratch (minus bronze skeleton).
EECS
6.01x Robots
Created $200 robots to replace 6.01 robots, which cost several thousand dollars.
Countertop Vending Machine
Small vending machine to stock Arduinos in student-run machine shop at MIT
POV yoyo
Prototype for a yoyo with a built-in persistence of vision display
Wifi-Enabled Robots
ESP8266 2 wheel-drive robot, serving webpage with controls using SPIFF and websockets, and same for Roomba (over serial interface).
Leadership
EL Wire Workshop
Won grant and ran EL wire workshop with two friends.
Feminism Hackathon (Hack4Fem)
Organized and held hackathon emphasizing positive creative power of feminism.
Hexapod Conference (Hexacon)
The world's first Hexapod Conference, with over thirty attendees.
MITERS Seminar Series
Organized and co-taught workshops to introduce people to prototyping skills such as Solidworks, breadboarding, EAGLE, ordering boards, and more, reaching over fifty students.
Hobbies
Food Fun
Rainbow challah, challah animals, cute robot pumpkin, rainbow cookies
Sailboat Repairs
Bought a 26' sailboat off of craigslist for $100. Sailing it back to Boston (no, I'd never sailed before) with lots of help
Sewing and Crafts
Infinity dresses, Cosplay, OSHW dress, skirt, shirts reused, pom poms
EE
LED Graduation Cap
Used RGB LED strips to spell out "MIT" on my graduation cap.
Pressure Sensor
Prototype of using barometric pressure sensors to create a force sensor
Startup
NarwhalEdu Kickstarter
Created lasercut drawing robot arm, coupled with online class. Successful $20k kickstarter.
Swarmbuddies
Created multi-robots with overhead tracking, intended for second kickstarer.
CS
Portfolio Website
Used static site generator Hexo to build my portfolio website
Staubli Robot Arm Drawing
Staubli robot arm, programmed to stipple with vcode -> gcode -> processing (or alternatively via SVG Inkscape to gcode converter).
Strobe Lab: Schlieren Technique
For 6.163 Strobe Lab final project, attempted to implement : Background-oriented schlieren imaging
Other
Projects I didn't get around to documenting
Flask webapps, H Bridge motor controllers, lasercutter mini projects, etc.
Sailing and Other Adventures
Sailing! and other adventures
