Robotics &
Automation

Designing electromechanical systems integrating simulation, precision, and tangible interaction.

Selected Works

Instrument Digit Reader

Instrument screen macro

OCR + CNN pipeline · Grade 12

Camera-to-classifier workflow for reliable readings on physical gauges.

  • Integrated camera capture with a CNN classifier; built a repeatable lab workflow.
  • Simulated instrument screens with Arduino to test edge cases and glare.
  • Tuned performance targets and webcam mounting for everyday usability.
OCR CNN Image Preproc Arduino Pipeline HW-SW
Instrument reading capture

Tennis Ball Robot

Ball pickup drivetrain

Low-cost ball pickup robot · Team lead (4)

Designed a practical ball-pickup system to remove practice downtime.

  • Designed intake, transport, and storage with affordable materials.
  • Raspberry Pi + webcam; fine-tuned YOLO-mini for ball detection.
  • Targeted sub-$2100 replacement for commercial units with usable reliability.
Raspberry Pi YOLO-mini CV Mechanisms Controls Prototyping
Onboard detection view

More Works

Teaching robotics classroom activity

Teaching Robotics

New Hampton Community School · Grade 11

LEGO themes + Scratch control.

Guided fifth graders through building themed LEGO robots and programming motion/logic in Scratch. Organized team activities and basic iteration habits.

Mentoring Scratch LEGO Workshop
Maze-solving robot with sensors

Maze Robot

Grade 11 · Search algorithms & sensing

Search algorithms & sensing.

Built a maze-solver with local sensing and implemented multiple search strategies (e.g., DFS/BFS variants). Later used as a coding-class demo.

Algorithms Pathfinding Sensors STEM