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Posts
ASU + WEGO Taiwan Summer Engineering Camp: Inspiring the Next Generation of Roboticists
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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
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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
labs
Lab 2: UR5e Joint and TCP Control in Isaac Sim
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Instructor: Prof. Sangram Redkar
Lab 1: Cell Power, Safety, and Network Setup
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Status: This laboratory is under preparation. Complete all energized wiring and controller work only with instructor approval and the equipment-specific wiring diagram in front of you.
Lab 2: PLC Programming with Ladder Logic and Structured Text
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Status: This laboratory is under preparation. The final controller project and acceptance tests will be published before release.
Lab 3: Conveyor, Sensors, and Pneumatic Sequence Control
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Status: This laboratory is under preparation. Final workstation assignments and pneumatic schematics will be added before release.
Lab 4: HMI and SCADA Development with Ignition
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Status: This laboratory is under preparation. The final Ignition gateway and tag-provider instructions will be added before release.
Lab 5: Collaborative Robot and PLC Integration
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Status: This laboratory is under preparation. Robot-specific safety and programming instructions will be finalized for each workstation.
Lab 6: Smart Factory Integration, MQTT, and Digital Twins
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Status: This laboratory is under preparation. The final data architecture and dashboard requirements will be published before release.
portfolio
Bluetooth Robot Arm with Forward and Inverse Kinematics
Aug 2021 – Dec 2021
Combined MATLAB kinematics with Bluetooth-based servo control to position a robotic arm and record repeatable motion sequences.
Not Creepy Elf: Interactive Holiday Animatronic
Aug 2021 – Dec 2021
Designed and built a dual-mode holiday animatronic around a custom PSoC-based PCB, motion sensing, motor control, LEDs, and Bluetooth communication.
PLC-Controlled 3D-Filament Pellet Sorting Workstation
Jan 2022 - Apr 2022
Automated an SMC HAS-200 workstation with Rockwell ladder logic, barcode-based sorting, pneumatic handling, and SCADA/HMI controls.
Watching Distance: Wearable Depth-Perception Aid
Jan 2022 - Apr 2022
Developed a wearable embedded prototype that measures object distance and presents it on a compact display for users with impaired depth perception after stroke.
Semi-Autonomous Twin-Hoist System for Copper-Foil Changeover
Aug 2022 – Apr 2023
Designed a twin-hoist concept for Isola’s PCB-laminate line that reduced the modeled worst-case roll-changeover time from two minutes to 36 seconds.
SoulTech: Portable Gait-Analysis and Feedback Device
Jan 2023 – May 2023
Developed pressure-sensing footwear with inertial measurement, Bluetooth telemetry, and haptic feedback for portable gait assessment.
Portable VO₂ and VCO₂ Metabolic Monitor
Jan 2024 – Apr 2024
Designed a portable metabolic-monitor prototype with custom packaging, embedded data acquisition, BLE communication, and a MATLAB interface.
Robo_SIM: Manipulator Dynamics and Force-Control Package
Apr 2024
Developed a MATLAB robotics package for user-defined manipulators, dynamics simulation, compliance control, impedance control, and interactive analysis.
AeroFusion: Autonomous BLIMP Navigation and Sensor Integration
Spring 2025
Built a modular ROS 2 platform that combines vision, inertial sensing, altitude estimation, control allocation, and browser-based telemetry for an autonomous indoor BLIMP.
ArcFold: Foldable Inchworm Robot
Oct 2025 – Dec 2025
Designed, simulated, fabricated, and tested a laminate inchworm robot whose gait combines a foldable linkage, alternating friction anchors, and ESP32-controlled actuation.
SmartFollower & Tracker: Autonomous TurtleBot 4 Object Tracking
2026
Developed an autonomous TurtleBot 4 system that follows an ArUco-tagged target, predicts through short occlusions, enforces LiDAR safety, and records a 2D reconstruction.
Stellantis Industrial Physical AI Robot Demonstrator
Sep 2026 – Present
Developing a dual-UR5e industrial automation demonstrator for Stellantis Factory Booster Day 2026 in collaboration with ASU and Wandelbots.
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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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, Spring 2024, and Spring 2026 semesters.
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 Robotics Systems I during the Fall 2023 and Fall 2025 semesters. Previously completed the course as a graduate student.
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.
RAS 598: Robotic Systems: Industrial Robotics & Smart Factory Automation
Teaching Assistant Graduate course, Arizona State University, 2026
Served as a Teaching Assistant for RAS 598: Industrial Robotics & Smart Factory Automation during the Spring 2026 and Summer 2026 semester.