Powered prosthetic ankle
Throughout 2023 I worked as a researcher in the lab of Professor Hugh Herr at MIT, developing a powered prosthetic ankle concept, as well as novel analytical mechanical models, and an experimental pipeline to verify performance. This ankle was designed from the ground up to be decoupled in all of its mechanical behaviour to avoid unforeseen coupled behaviours, and to be easily analytically designable.
Much of the final electrical and mechanical design of the ankle is still confidential (an early prototype is shown above), but I showcase the modelling and experimental proceedure I created as a part this project.
Please select ‘learn more’ for a detailed description of the sub-projects involved in this research.
Work completed in the MIT Media Lab under Prof. Hugh Herr
Corvo - VR VISUALISATION for single-cell genomics
A virtual reality single-cell genomics exploration and analysis tool, built to work seamlessly with the CZ CellxGene database of annotated and homogenised datasets. Accompanied by a Python user interface for downloading datasets and launching the VR.
Work completed as part of the CZ Biohub and Center for Systems Biology Dresden under Professors Stephen Quake and Ivo Sbalzarini
LEGO Liquid HANDLING robot for stem education
One part of a multi-robot project for building and programming liquid handling pipetting robots out of LEGO Mindstorms kits. These were designed to be apparatus for high school classrooms and STEM education.
Work completed in the Stanford Bioengineering Department under Prof. Ingmar Riedel-Kruse
inforce - voice coil actuated shape display
Over the summer of 2016 I helped build the electronics and mechanical components of a project called "inForce", which consisted of an array of Lorentz Force actuators that operated as a topology display.
tangible.media.mit.edu/project/inforce/
Work completed in the MIT Media Lab Tangible Media Group under Prof. Hiroshi Ishii
Latex helium balloon prototype for hovering drone
As a team of 3 we prototyped tethered helium balloon designs that could house an impeller fan for lateral motion, while hovering at no energy cost. No balloon manufacturer could make the required shape, and the latex was very delicate, making high throughput and reliable fabrication a challenge. We created dissolvable 3D printed and Styrofoam moulds, which, while laborious, allowed us to create the specialised balloon geometry.
Work completed in the MIT Media Lab Tangible Media Group under Prof. Hiroshi Ishii