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A standalone, crawlable engineering project archive at /projects. Browse robotics, control, perception, AI and mechanical systems documented from problem definition through iteration and transformation.

04PROJECT RECORDS
DOMAIN
STATUS
01 Prototype
ROBOTICS / CONTROL / PERCEPTION

Screw Tightening Bot

Vision-guided Cartesian gantry for automated screw-driving in simulation.

A 3-DOF Cartesian gantry workcell designed around a detect → target → move → drive → retract automation loop. Vision detections are bridged over TCP into ROS 2 and consumed by a motion state machine.

RoboticsControlPerceptionSystems Engineering
02 Active
PERCEPTION / ROBOTICS / ML

Bolt Turn Counter

Real-time ratchet-aware turn counting from hand landmarks.

A webcam-based measurement tool that classifies tightening grips and accumulates clockwise fingertip rotation while ignoring ratchet return strokes.

PerceptionRobot IntelligenceControls
03 In Progress
PERCEPTION / COMPUTER VISION

Gear Defect Detector

YOLOv8 detection, tracking and HSV component-vision pipeline.

A computer-vision pipeline assembled around a two-class gear dataset, YOLOv8n training, multi-object tracking and an HSV screw/component detector intended to feed the Screw Tightening Bot.

PerceptionAIRobotics
04 Prototype
AR / MECHANICAL / PERCEPTION

Transformer Assembly AR Training Tool

Image-classification-assisted augmented reality training for transformer assembly.

An AR-guided assembly trainer combining SolidWorks parts, a lightweight image classifier and Unity/Vuforia overlays. It was developed as Case Study 2 for the manufacturing research manuscript.

MechanicalPerceptionRoboticsElectrical