Projects


# Title Team Members TA Professor Documents Sponsor
1
A Compact Material Modulus Measurement Instrument
Kongning Lai
Tianyu Fu
Yunzhi Lu
Ziyi Lin
design_document1.pdf
design_document2.pdf
design_document3.pdf
proposal1.pdf
Huan Hu
2
Terrain-adaptive bipedal service robot
Binhao Wang
Gaokai Zhang
Yuan Zhou
Zihao Ye
design_document1.pdf
proposal1.pdf
Liangjing Yang
3
DESIGN AND CONTROL OF A FETCHING QUADRUPED
Jitao Li
Teng Hou
Wenkang Li
Yikai Cao
design_document1.pdf
design_document2.pdf
other2.pdf
other3.pdf
other1.docx
proposal1.pdf
proposal2.pdf
Hua Chen
4
Automatic Page_Turning Photocopier
Shuchang Dong
Xuan Zhu
Yingying Gao
Yiying Lyu
design_document1.pdf
design_document2.pdf
design_document3.pdf
other1.pdf
proposal1.pdf
Liangjing Yang
5
Four-axis vacuum stage for advanced nano-manufacturing
Songyuan Lyu
Xingjian Kang
Yanghonghui Chen
Yanjie Li
design_document1.pdf
proposal1.pdf
Olesksiy Penkov
6
Smart medicine box
Ruolin Zhao
Wentao Ke
Yutong Lou
Zhiyi Mou
design_document1.pdf
proposal1.pdf
proposal2.pdf
Wee-Liat Ong
7
Tennis Ball Pick-up Machine
Haopeng Jiang
Shurui Liu
Yilin Xue
design_document1.pdf
proposal1.pdf
Gaoang Wang
8
Dodgeball bot
Chengyuan Fang
Haoxiang Tian
Yujie Pan
Yuxuan Xia
design_document1.pdf
proposal1.pdf
Timothy Lee
9
H.E.R.O. - HAZARDOUS ENVIRONMENT REMOTE OPERATOR
Jun Liang
Qihan Shan
Sizhao Ma
Xihe Shao
design_document1.pdf
design_document2.pdf
proposal1.pdf
proposal2.pdf
10
Grasping Any Object with Robotic Arms with Language Instructions
Junsheng Huang
Junzhou Fang
Zixin Zhu
Zixuan Zhang
design_document1.pdf
proposal1.pdf
11
The Smart Fitness Coach
Lishan Shi
Xingyu Li
Yuxuan Lin
design_document1.pdf
other1.pptx
presentation1.pptx
proposal1.pdf
Bruce Xinbo Yu
12
ROBOTIC ARM INTEGRATED INTO WHEELCHAIR WITH MR INTERFACE
Xingru Lu
Yilin Wang
Yinuo Yang
Yunyi Lin
design_document1.pdf
proposal1.pdf
Liangjing Yang
13
Intelligent Home Security System
Danyu Sun
Ge Shao
Jiaxuan Zhang
Yuxin Xie
design_document1.pdf
proposal1.pdf
Bruce Xinbo Yu
14
SoftBot: Jellyfish-Inspired Bionic Soft Robot with Visual Perception
Junwei Zhang
Shuran Yan
Wangjie Xu
Yinliang Gan
design_document1.pdf
other1.pdf
proposal1.pdf
Shi Ye
15
Carbon Emission Tracking System
Kaibiao Yan
Sicheng Lu
Zhengqi Wang
Zhiliang He
design_document1.pdf
proposal1.pdf
Ruisheng Diao
16
Smart Assistive Walking Stick for the Visually Impaired
Haoyang Zhou
Sanhe Fu
Yihan Huang
Yucheng Zhang
design_document1.pdf
proposal1.pdf
Yushi Cheng
17
A remote environment recording system with online access portals
Dingyuan Dai
Xincheng Wu
Yizhou Chen
design_document1.pdf
proposal1.pdf
Shurun Tan
18
Cheat for lottery wheel based on servo motor control
Kaixin Zhang
Zhangyang He
design_document1.pdf
proposal1.docx
Lin Qiu
19
Autonomous Vehicle with Sign Recognition and Obstacle Clearing through Wi-Fi
Pai Zhang
Pengyu Zhu
Rui Zhang
Wendi Wang
design_document1.pdf
proposal1.pdf
20
A device for evaluation of frictional properties of surfaces
Haoran Cheng
Tiancheng Shi
Yang Li
Zhongsheng Guan
design_document1.pdf
proposal1.docx
Olesksiy Penkov
21
Continuous Vehicles Capture
Binyang Shen
Jiawei Zhang
Yining Guo
Zijin Li
design_document2.pdf
proposal1.pdf
22
Customizable Automatic Pottery Wheel Throwing Machine
Minhao Shi
Mofei Li
Shihan Lin
Zixu Zhu
design_document1.pdf
proposal1.pdf
Wee-Liat Ong
23
Intelligent shared item cabinet
Nihaoxuan Ruan
Xiaotong Cui
Yanxin Lu
Yihong Yang
design_document1.pdf
proposal1.pdf
Piao Chen
24
A Remote Microwave Environmental Monitoring System: Automation and Power Management
Boyao Wang
Haoran Jin
Jiaheng Wen
Qiushi Liu
design_document1.pdf
proposal1.pdf
Shurun Tan
25
Long-horizon Task Completion with Robotic Arms by Human Instructions
Bingjun Guo
Qi Long
Qingran Wu
Yuxi Chen
design_document1.pdf
proposal1.pdf
Gaoang Wang
26
Analog Computer ODE Solver
Dianxing Tang
Haige Liu
Shilong Shen
Zixuan Qu
design_document1.pdf
proposal1.pdf
Said Mikki
27
A DodgeBot System
Chiming Ni
Feiyang Wu
Kai Wang
Nichen Tian
Yiyang Bao
design_document1.pdf
proposal1.pdf
Timothy Lee
28
A Bio-inspired AI-based Underwater Locating System
Haoyu Huang
Jiawei Wang
Xinchen Yin
Zaihe Zhang
Ziye Deng
design_document1.docx
other1.docx
proposal1.pdf
Huan Hu
29
24V Smart Battery Charging System with Health Management
Hongda Wu
Yanbo Chen
Yiwei Zhao
Zhibo Zhang
design_document3.pdf
proposal1.pdf
Lin Qiu
30
Design and Build a Spherical Bionic Tensegrity Robot
Ruiqi Dai
Yaoqi Shen
Yuan Fang
Yuhao Xu
design_document1.docx
proposal1.docx
31
Drone Power System Design and Build
Bingye He
Yuyang Tian
Zhuoyang Lai
Zikang Liu
design_document2.pdf
proposal3.pdf
Jiahuan Cui
32
Sensing your heartbeat (and others)
Qiyang Wu
Xin Chen
Xuanqi Wang
Yukai Han
design_document1.pdf
proposal1.pdf
Howard Yang
33
A 2D Model of Optical Satellite Communication System
Jun Zheng
Xuanyi Jin
Yuxuan Li
Zhijun Zhao
design_document2.pdf
proposal1.pdf
Pavel Loskot
34
A smart glove for HCI
Hongwei Dong
Jinhao Zhang
Shanbin Sun
Zhan Shi
design_document1.pdf
proposal2.pdf
Pavel Loskot
35
Handwriting Robot With User-Customized Font Style
Mingchen Sun
Xuancheng Liu
Zhixiang Liang
Zifan Ying
design_document1.pdf
proposal1.pdf
Gaoang Wang
36
Design, build and control of a jumping robot
Hanjun Luo
Siying Yu
Xinyi Yang
Xuecheng Liu
other1.pdf
proposal1.pdf
Hua Chen
37
Rudimentary Spherical Motor System for All-Terrain Vehicles
Heston Blackwell
Ibrahim Tayyab
Ruizhe Wang
Sicheng Jiang
Zhaoyu Kang
design_document1.pdf
proposal1.pdf
Lin Qiu
38
AIRLOOM TYPE VERTICAL AXIS WIND TURBINE
Chengsheng Jiang
Jiayao Lin
Jiayi Guo
Yiyang Zhou
design_document1.pdf
other1.pdf
Jiahuan Cui
39
High efficient resonance tank design and output voltage control for wireless power transfer system
Hongye Dong
Liheng Jing
Yuhang Wang
Yuyang Wei
design_document1.docx
proposal1.docx
Chushan Li
40
Automated guided vehicle for cargo delivery in factories
Qiqian Fu
Xuhong He
Yuyi Ao
Zhengjie Wang
design_document1.pdf
proposal1.pdf
Jiahuan Cui
41
Dodgeball Bots
Qingyan Li
design_document1.pdf
proposal2.pdf
proposal3.pdf
Timothy Lee
42
Human-Robot Interaction for Object Grasping with Visual Reality and Robotic Arms
Jiayu Zhou
Jingxing Hu
Yuchen Yang
Ziming Yan
design_document1.pdf
proposal3.pdf
Gaoang Wang
43
Autonomous Transport Car
Xubin Shen
Yiqi Tao
design_document1.pdf
proposal1.pdf
Chushan Li

Cloud-controlled quadcopter

Featured Project

Idea:

To build a GPS-assisted, cloud-controlled quadcopter, for consumer-friendly aerial photography.

Design/Build:

We will be building a quad from the frame up. The four motors will each have electronic speed controllers,to balance and handle control inputs received from an 8-bit microcontroller(AP),required for its flight. The firmware will be tweaked slightly to allow flight modes that our project specifically requires. A companion computer such as the Erle Brain will be connected to the AP and to the cloud(EC2). We will build a codebase for the flight controller to navigate the quad. This would involve sending messages as per the MAVLink spec for sUAS between the companion computer and the AP to poll sensor data , voltage information , etc. The companion computer will also talk to the cloud via a UDP port to receive requests and process them via our code. Users make requests for media capture via a phone app that talks to the cloud via an internet connection.

Why is it worth doing:

There is currently no consumer-friendly solution that provides or lets anyone capture aerial photographs of them/their family/a nearby event via a simple tap on a phone. In fact, present day off-the-shelf alternatives offer relatively expensive solutions that require owning and carrying bulky equipment such as the quads/remotes. Our idea allows for safe and responsible use of drones as our proposed solution is autonomous, has several safety features, is context aware(terrain information , no fly zones , NOTAMs , etc.) and integrates with the federal airspace seamlessly.

End Product:

Quads that are ready for the connected world and are capable to fly autonomously, from the user standpoint, and can perform maneuvers safely with a very simplistic UI for the common user. Specifically, quads which are deployed on user's demand, without the hassle of ownership.

Similar products and comparison:

Current solutions include RTF (ready to fly) quads such as the DJI Phantom and the Kickstarter project, Lily,that are heavily user-dependent or user-centric.The Phantom requires you to carry a bulky remote with multiple antennas. Moreover,the flight radius could be reduced by interference from nearby conditions.Lily requires the user to carry a tracking device on them. You can not have Lily shoot a subject that is not you. Lily can have a maximum altitude of 15 m above you and that is below the tree line,prone to crashes.

Our solution differs in several ways.Our solution intends to be location and/or event-centric. We propose that the users need not own quads and user can capture a moment with a phone.As long as any of the users are in the service area and the weather conditions are permissible, safety and knowledge of controlling the quad are all abstracted. The only question left to the user is what should be in the picture at a given time.