Projects

ModalAI Internship

High school engineering internship · 2024–2025

I helped bring a VOXL 2 Mini-based drone from assembly through embedded-camera calibration and physical flight testing. The work required separating hardware, communication, software, and flight issues into testable stages.

Assembled hardware, repaired GPS wiring, and tested RC and QGroundControl behavior.
Integrated the tracking camera, verified its VOXL connection, and completed fisheye calibration.
Helped convert the bring-up process into a repeatable assembly and setup manual.

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VOXL 2 Mini-based drone used during Aakarsh Sangar's ModalAI internship — Integrated drone platform used for camera and flight testing.

Custom Robotic Arm

Personal project · 2025–present

I am developing a multi-joint arm as a practical platform for mechanism design, actuation, electronics, and control. I designed the system architecture, trussed links, rotating base, gripper, drivetrain packaging, and most custom parts in CAD before printing and assembling the mechanism.

Integrated a 24 V stepper power stage using DM542 and TMC2209 drivers.
Replaced a packaging-limited shoulder belt reduction with a custom 8:1 planetary actuator design.
Current work: joint calibration, repeatable motion, and camera-based block detection.

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Current physical prototype of Aakarsh Sangar's robotic arm — Current physical prototype during electronics integration.

FTC Robotics

Team 18263 High Voltage · 2020–2026

As a CAD lead and builder, I modeled most of the custom robot and used the full assembly to coordinate the intake, transfer, turret, shooter, sensing, and frame within a compact competition envelope. I carried those decisions into fabrication, assembly, and testing.

Designed subsystem interfaces, custom plates, and mechanism geometry in Onshape.
Resolved ball-path alignment, service access, interference, and mounting constraints in system-level CAD.
Contributed to selected AprilTag, turret-aiming, PID, and sensor-triggered control work.

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FTC competition robot undergoing integrated testing on the field — Integrated robot during field validation.

Software Projects

Faultline

A hackathon prototype for gathering research sources, comparing conflicting evidence, and preserving the workflow behind its output.

rPPG Pipeline

A Jetson Orin Nano experiment that processes subtle color changes in camera video into a pulse-related signal.