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Past work

Some things I've built, inside a role or on my own - competition robots, LiDAR rigs, lab automation, shipped apps, patents, and the AI systems that tie them together. Filter by discipline or just describe what you're looking for.

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34 PROJECT(S)

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2025

Autonomous 6-DOF Vision-Based Grasping

GroceryGizmo · UC Berkeley · Full-Stack Robotics — Perception, Planning, Control & CADA 6-DoF arm that finds AR-tagged groceries on a counter and loads them into a real fridge, autonomously.
2025

15-DOF Teleoperated Humanoid Robotic Hand

HANDI · UC Berkeley · Hardware, Firmware & Integration15-DOF robotic hand driven by a sensorized glove at 85 ms end-to-end.
2025-26

Six-Axis Household Manipulation Robot

Six-Axis Home Chore Robot · Universal Intelligence · BuilderRefurbished a six-axis industrial arm at home to fold laundry and stow food.
2025-26

Leader-Follower Teleoperation Rig

Teleop Studio · Universal Intelligence · Co-FounderLeader-follower teleop of industrial arms with 4-camera synced capture.
2026

Handheld Manipulation-Data Capture Devices

UMI Grippers · Universal Intelligence · Designer & Deployment LeadHandheld grippers shipped to India collecting factory manipulation data.
2025-26

VLA Dataset Annotation Platform

POV Data Platform · Universal Intelligence · Creator & Lead DeveloperTurns egocentric demo video into annotated VLA training datasets.
2025

Atera Slide Cassette

Single-Use Consumable for a Spatial Platform · 10X Genomics · Automation Hardware Engineering InternA press-fit study that locked the production dimension on a shipped consumable.
2025

Cassette Leak Investigation

Field Failure Analysis · 10X Genomics · Automation Hardware Engineering InternA field leak with no reproducible cause - narrowed to failure modes and a material path.
2025

Slide-Prep Automation

Liquid-Handling Robot Control Software · 10X Genomics · Automation Hardware Engineering InternC# control software that eliminated a 24-hour manual lab process.
2023

AMR Endurance Rig

Conveyor Application Project · Omron Robotics · Mobile Robotics Engineering InternTurnkey AMR endurance test stand built for under $4k instead of $40k.
2023

Pallet-Lifter Validation

ROEQ Topper on the MD AMR · Omron Robotics · Mobile Robotics Engineering InternFound the failure that made a partner redesign their pallet lifter.
2023

AMR Reliability Testing

Docking + Release Test Automation · Omron Robotics · Mobile Robotics Engineering InternAutomated the hunt for an intermittent docking failure before the MD-650 launched.
2023

Cross-Fleet Interoperability

Interop Hackathon, ROS TurtleBot + 5G Radio · Omron Robotics · Mobile Robotics Engineering InternPut a ROS robot and an Omron AMR on the same map so rival fleets could see each other.
2023

MD-Series Product Launch Film

Fleet Choreography & Set Build · Omron Robotics · Mobile Robotics Engineering InternChoreographed and ran six autonomous robots on an 8K cinema set.
2021-22

Vehicle Sensor Integration

Mobile LiDAR Test Platform · AEye · Research Intern, Robotics | Field Application EngineeringDesigned two sensor mounts at AEye - one for the vehicle, one FAEs still carry.
2021-22

LiDAR Performance Benchmarking

Field Application Engineering · AEye · Research Intern, Robotics | Field Application EngineeringRan the customer-facing test campaigns behind four performance reports.
2021-22

LiDAR Robotics Integration

4Sight M to Jetson to V5 · AEye × VEX AI · Research Intern, Robotics | Field Application EngineeringParsed an automotive LiDAR on a Jetson and fused it into the robot's packets.
2023

Pier & Vehicle Detection in Hard Sun

Autonomous Solar-Farm Rover · Berkeley MPC Lab · Undergraduate Researcher, PerceptionAnnotation and augmentation behind the rover's ~98% mAP pier and vehicle detector.
2023

Dual-LiDAR Perception Stack for an Autonomous Rover

Autonomous Solar-Farm Rover · Berkeley MPC Lab · Undergraduate Researcher, PerceptionSolo-built ROS package fusing two LiDARs into one synced cloud for an MPC stack.
2021-26

Full Self-Driving Robot with Onboard Perception

Autonomous Competition Robots · Robolabs · Lead Developer & R&D DirectorFive seasons of autonomous robot perception, localization and planning.
2025-26

Self-Healing Serial Link for Onboard Robot Compute

V5 Brain to Companion Board Link · Robolabs · Author, Robolabs fork of the VEX reference stackFault-tolerant link between a robot brain and its AI companion board.
2026

Furniture-Integrated Bimanual Manipulator

Robot Furniture · Universal Intelligence · Concept & Industrial DesignA general-purpose robot that hides inside furniture you already own.
2026-NOW

Self-Hosted Agentic AI Platform

ATARU · Self-Built · CreatorLocal-first personal AI platform running email, finance and health agents.
2026-NOW

Agentic Alignment Benchmark for Photonic Optics

Quantum Lab Sim · Self-Built · Creator & Lead EngineerA noisy, drifting virtual optical bench where AI agents beat classical optimizers.
2021

R-MAVI Autonomous Patient-Triage Vehicle

Robotic Medical Assistant Vehicle · US Utility Patent · Co-Inventor & Team LeadGranted US utility patent for a robotic patient-triage wheelchair.
2022

Orbital Debris-to-Propellant Refueling Study

Debris-to-Propellant Feasibility Study · Berkeley M.E.T. · Technical ConsultantEngineering-consulting study for Blue Origin: recycle orbital debris into ALICE propellant at a LEO refueling depot.
2025

Style-Matched Email Generation Extension

Draft AI · Chrome Web Store · CreatorChrome extension that drafts Gmail replies in your own writing style.
2023-25

MemoryAid

AI Memory Support for Alzheimer's · MemoryAid, Inc. · Co-Founder, CEO & Lead DeveloperAI memory app for Alzheimer's: on-device LLM free tier, cloud RAG Pro tier, 130 downloads across 25 countries.
2025

Uniaxial Fracture Testing of Load-Rated Carabiners

Experimentation & Measurement · UC Berkeley · Experiment Design & AnalysisPulled climbing carabiners apart on an Instron to find their real safety factors - and disproved my own hypothesis.
2024

Vision-Language Ingredient Recognition & Recipe Generation

Pantry Pal · UC Berkeley · Sole DeveloperPoint a camera at your fridge, get a recipe. 93% ingredient accuracy, tested in 15 real kitchens.
2024

Sensor-Fused Wireless Delivery Detection System

Smart Mailbox · UC Berkeley · Firmware, Electronics & EnclosureTwo ESP32s, two disagreeing sensors, and a pager that only buzzes when mail actually arrives.
2024

Closed-Loop Shower Water Recovery System

AquaSaver · UC Berkeley · Product Lead & Design EngineerA shower attachment that banks the cold water you waste waiting for hot - 31 interviews, a winning concept, CAD, and a working control loop.
2023

Geared Cable-Retraction Mechanism with GD&T Package

Cal Cable Coiler · UC Berkeley · Concept Lead & Component DesignerHand-crank cable coiler: 5.5:1 gear drive, full GD&T drawing set, printed and shown at the design expo.
2022

Multi-Blade Lattice Wind Turbine with FEA Validation

Design & Simulation · UC Berkeley · Design, FEA & TestNine short blades and an arched hexagonal base. Beat the stiffness target by 92%, missed power by a mile - and found out why.

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