Robotics Research

I began robotics research at Hood College for a NIST robotics simulation competition. The research that was done by the group of Hood College students who participated (Brandon Burger [BS Hood 09], Eric Walton [BS Hood 09], George Henson [MS Hood 09], and Michy Maynard [MS Hood 08] and myself [BS Hood 09]) was done using the NIST robotics simulation framework called USARSim and MOAST. The Hood College Robotics Team consisting of Brandon Burger, George Henson and Michy Maynard went on to win the competition.

During the January term at Hood College in 2006-2007, I began researching and surveying various algorithms that are used for path planning of both priori and a-priori world data. This research led to a presentation of a poster in the CCSC Eastern Conference 2008. The resulting poster proposal and poster can be found on the publications page on this site.

During the summer of 2008, the robotics research using MOAST and USARSim continued by receiving a grant through the Summer Research Institute through the support from Invitrogen Corp. During the Summer, Brandon Burger and I worked on the topic of Simulation of Variable Turning Speed in Robotics. The resulting paper “Simulation of Variable Turning Speed in Robotics using USARSim” (unpublished) can be found in the publications section of this site.

For the time being, Robotics research for me has taken a halt for now. Hopefully in the near future I will be able to pick robotics back up.