Worked on Yolo, a social robot that encourages the development of human creativity. In a story formation exercise intended for children, Yolo acts as the guiding character in a group of movable toys. It responds to a child’s manipulation with minimalistic behaviors that spark a social connection while leaving room for imagination and creativity. This robot was created in Guy Hoffman's Human-Robot Collaboration and Companionship Lab at Cornell University and has been accepted to the 2018 ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction Student Design Competition.
This research robot was given a full redesign during the Fall 2017 semester. I was single-handedly responsible for the base platform, which included a holonomic drive system, Raspberry Pi Zero W, power system, motion sensing, and support structure.