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ASU + WEGO Taiwan Summer Engineering Camp: Inspiring the Next Generation of Roboticists

1 minute read

Published: August 05, 2026

I had the opportunity to represent Arizona State University at the ASU + WEGO Taiwan Summer Engineering Camp hosted by Taipei Wego Private Bilingual Senior High School in Taipei, Taiwan.

Featured in The New York Times: Robotics and Advanced Manufacturing at ASU

1 minute read

Published: December 06, 2025

Featured in The New York Times

Robotics in the Medical Industry and Humanity’s Trust in It

8 minute read

Published: June 25, 2020

This Blog post is the AI improved version of the Original Site

BADASS WOMEN: Angela Merkel

6 minute read

Published: April 22, 2020

This Blog post is the AI improved version of the Original Site

The Golden Age of Barbarians

2 minute read

Published: April 14, 2020

Authors:

Sai Srinivas Tatwik Meesala
Ethan Strait
Dylan McMillian
Nolan Featherstun
Benjamin Swartz

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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.
Semi-Autonomous Twin Hoist System

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.