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Posts
Featured in The New York Times: Robotics and Advanced Manufacturing at ASU
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Featured in The New York Times
Robotics in the Medical Industry and Humanity’s Trust in It
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This Blog post is the AI improved version of the Original Site
BADASS WOMEN: Angela Merkel
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This Blog post is the AI improved version of the Original Site
The Golden Age of Barbarians
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Authors:
- Sai Srinivas Tatwik Meesala
- Ethan Strait
- Dylan McMillian
- Nolan Featherstun
- Benjamin Swartz
portfolio
Interactive Decoration/Animatronics with Embedded System Control
Aug 2021 – Dec 2021
Developed a Halloween decoration using embedded systems. In-depth research was done to design a functioning Printed Circuit Board.
3DoF Robot Arm
Aug 2021 – Dec 2021
Designed Bluetooth Robot Arm with inbuilt Forward/Inverse Kinematics calculator to reach target location.
Industrial Workstation with Programmable Logic Controller
Jan 2022 – Apr 2022
Worked on a Rockwell PLC with industrial sensing technology, and industrial actuator and developed Supervisory control and data acquisition (SCADA) for the Human-machine interface (Machine: SMC HAS 200).
Wearable Robotics with Embedded System Control
Jan 2022 – Apr 2022
Developed an Embedded System that uses data collected from sensors to control the actuators with wireless WiFi control to help stoke patients.
Semi-Autonomous Twin Hoist System
Aug 2023 – May 2023
Designed two independent hoists to pick up and change copper rolls (700 lbs) used for PCB manufacturing.
Mechatronics Device: Portable/Lightweight Gait Analysis
Jan 2023 – May 2023
Developed compact and portable footwear for gait analysis to improve gait balance for patients at the Barrow Institute.
VCO2 VO2 Metabolic Monitor
Jan 2024 – April 2024
Designed and implemented a VCO2 and VO2 metabolic monitor, integrating CAD design, coding, and MATLAB interface with Bluetooth (BLE) connectivity for real-time data collection.
Robotics Dynamics and Force Control Package
April 2024
Developed Robotics Package, integrating manipulator dynamics, force control, and Interactive GUI.
AeroFusion: Autonomous BLIMP Navigation and Sensor Integration Platform
Jan 2025 – Apr 2025
The project aims to develop an integrated, sensor-driven framework that enables a Biologically-inspired, Lighter-than-air, Instructional, Mechatronics Program (BLIMP) UAV to operate autonomously in dynamic and uncertain environments.
Sensor-fusion, ROS 2, and vision for an autonomous lighter-than-air vehicle.
Inchworm Foldable Robotics
Oct 2025 – Dec 2025
Driven by the principles of foldable robotics, this compact inchworm robot demonstrates how far creativity, clever mechanisms, and a single sheet of material can go.
publications
Paper Title Number 1
Published in Journal 1, 2009
This paper is about the number 1. The number 2 is left for future work.
Recommended citation: Your Name, You. (2009). "Paper Title Number 1." Journal 1. 1(1).
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Paper Title Number 2
Published in Journal 1, 2010
This paper is about the number 2. The number 3 is left for future work.
Recommended citation: Your Name, You. (2010). "Paper Title Number 2." Journal 1. 1(2).
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Paper Title Number 3
Published in Journal 1, 2015
This paper is about the number 3. The number 4 is left for future work.
Recommended citation: Your Name, You. (2015). "Paper Title Number 3." Journal 1. 1(3).
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Paper Title Number 4
Published in GitHub Journal of Bugs, 2024
This paper is about fixing template issue #693.
Recommended citation: Your Name, You. (2024). "Paper Title Number 3." GitHub Journal of Bugs. 1(3).
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talks
Talk 1 on Relevant Topic in Your Field
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Conference Proceeding talk 3 on Relevant Topic in Your Field
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This is a description of your conference proceedings talk, note the different field in type. You can put anything in this field.
teaching
RAS 546: Robotics Systems II
Teaching Assistant Graduate/Undergraduate course, Arizona State University, 2023
Served as a Teaching Assistant for Robotic Systems II during the Spring 2023 and Spring 2024 semesters.
Prepared lab and assisted students in understanding key concepts and applications in robotics.
EGR 340/MET 340: Engineering Thermo-Fluids I
Grader Undergraduate course, Arizona State University, 2023
Served as a Grader for Thermo-Fluids I during the Summer 2023 semester.
RAS 545: Robotics Systems I
Teaching Assistant Graduate/Undergraduate course, Arizona State University, 2023
Served as a Teaching Assistant for Robotic Systems I during the Fall 2023 semester.
Prepared lab and assisted students in understanding key concepts and applications in robotics.
EGR 501: Applied Linear Algebra for EGR
Teaching Assistant Graduate course, Arizona State University, 2024
Served as a Teaching Assistant for Applied Linear Algebra during the Spring 2024 semester.
MFG 598: Engineering Computing w/Python
Teaching Assistant Graduate course, Arizona State University, 2024
Served as a Teaching Assistant for Python during the Spring 2024 semester.