Robotics, Programming, Photography, and More!
This is a project to implement quidditch in VR using a novel spring-based haptic rig! Project writeup and demo video to come soon! This project won the Faculty and Staff Choice Award as well as the Builder’s Choice Award at Carnegie Mellon University’s Build18 Hackathon in January 2018! Some additional info here: http://www.build18.org/garage/project/256/ In the […]
Github Link: https://github.com/Toms42/logisim-RISC-V-CPU Description: This is an emulated CPU based on the RISC-V architecture. It is emulated in the Logisim environment, which is designed to simulate logic circuits. The CPU can execute RISC-V assembly programs when assembled using a custom toolchain developed by Sol Boucher for the independent study I developed this in. It features […]
This is a fluid simulator I made with Henry Friedlander using the Lattice Boltzmann Method for computational fluid dynamics. The software uses Nvidia’s CUDA framework for GPU acceleration and it is rendered with OpenGl. Video: Technical Report: (click here to download) Powerpoint: (click here to download)
Overview: While not really a 2.0, this is the overhauled version of the Nautilus ROV, and is fully functional with a cool paint job! Done by Chirag Kulkarni, Haoran Fei, and myself. Features: 150ft Ethernet Tether Over 35 pounds Live video and telemetry feed! Custom PCB and firmware Pitch and depth control Rated for over 50ft […]
Info: This was made for my calculus teacher to demonstrate volumes of revolution, where a 2d function is rotated around an axis, forming a solid with a calculable volume. It runs on a very minimal setup of an AtTiny85, which controls a generic brushless ESC via PWM. This is a relatively old project of mine, […]
Github Link Preview: Overview: I’ve just started this project, so not much to show yet. The goal is to brute force hashes using an unrolled, fully pipelined Verilog version of the MD5 hashing algorithm. If all goes well I’m looking at something in the range of 100 gigahashes per second, which blows CPU hashing out […]
Github Link Video: Pictures: Features: Custom speed VGA output: Uses a 12bit DAC (but only actually uses 3 colors now for Snake lol) No sprite engine or frame buffer! Requires no memory! SNES Controller input! It’s a lousy controller but it’s got that recognizability/nostalgia value. Module Overview: In Quartus that looks like this: (sorry for […]
I made a segway with some friends this year! It’s not totally done, but here is the report of its early stages: Here is a pic of one of the team members riding it: Here are some pics of the custom control board I designed (in progress): Here is the paper detailing the physical construction: […]
This page includes various projects that my students or I have made at Leap@CMU. Summer 2014: Air hockey robot: This was a project I did with two other team members, Karan Bokil and Ansuman Das. The system relied on a stepper motor and a belt for mobility and a camera to detect the puck. Unfortunately, […]
Status: design phase This is the avidrone, one of my favorite projects. I’ve been working on it since august, so it’s a fairly long term project. Currently it is in its design phase in solidworks, which I hope to complete by the end of March and get it cnc routed by the end of April, […]
This is a java minesweeper ai, which can play the windows 10 variant of minesweeper: minesweeperX available here. Unfortunately, because the AI relies on using screenshots and having constant window border sizes, it will only work on win10 computers. Here is a preview showing how it works: The current high scores as of 3/6/2016 are: […]
Time: Winter 2015-2016 Status: Nearly Archived Completion Level: 90% Download PDF report here! Download PDF report here!
Status: Archived Time: 2013-2014 Winter Completion Level: Complete Description/Goal: This was a small (<30cmx30cmx30cm) robot designed to compete in the Scioly division B event: Robocross. Your score was calculated based on each piece (ping pong balls, lego’s, batteries, etc) moved into the various quadrants of the field, with multipliers for being in an upright jug. […]
Status: Ongoing Time: 2015 October-November Completion Level: 80% Participants: Tom Scherlis, Haoran Fei, Chirag Kulkarni note!! This project has been significantly updated since the writing of this page! Here is a newer video showing off the finished ROV and its operator interface: Goal: For our ROV, dubbed the Nautilus after Captain Nemo’s vessel in 20,000 […]