Leadership
Mechanical
Software
Tanvika has worked on developing a PID controller in the Controls team. She is currently is writing searching algorithms in the Navigation team and testing force sensors in the Gripper team.
Electrical
Alumni
Designing, testing, and training different neural networks for object detection and recognition.
Amy designs a double-jointed, servo-driven gripper in Solidworks and is currently researching and testing sensors that will detect whether or not the game piece is successfully picked up.
Arya worked on the SLAM subteam to implement and test algorithms which allow the robot to localize itself and map its surroundings.
Designed PCBs for acoustic localization of beacons with 4-channel differential synchronously-sampled hydrophone inputs and analog filtering.
Cole works on designing and manufacturing a custom arm and grabber mechanism to interact with various types of objects
Daniel is a cofounder of MuddSub. He specializes in artificial intelligence and deep learning, where he has led projects in signal processing, computer vision, and reinforcement learning.
As the current lead of the torpedo team, Diana engages in the design process of the torpedo launcher and facilitates meetings. She personally worked on the electrical system for a motorized torpedo.
Writes software for Controls, Sim, and Reinforcement learning sub teams and creates models for power distribution.
On top of duties as the VP of Business and Outreach, Francine works on the Computer Vision, Reinforcement Learning, Hydrophones, Mission, and New Robot subteams.
Gabriel helped design, prototype, and evaluate possible ideas for autonomous torpedoes and torpedo launchers. He was also in charge of developing a prototype that used flywheels to launch a torpedo.
Ginger is one of the founders of the team and led mechanical design of the AUV platform. She also led team expansion, fundraising, and team development.
Over the past year, Hannah has been working on understanding and implementing object recognition algorithms. She's also been refining an open-source tool to streamline the labeling of image data.
Hugo's early work involved redesigning the enclosure lid and bellypan. Now, he designs the team’s power distribution hardware and is working on designing and manufacturing the team’s second robot.
Jordan is a Mudd Sub Summer Researcher and focuses on the team’s torpedo mechanism and Hydrophones algorithms. He uses Solidworks to CAD torpedoes and Python for the hydrophone logic.
Kyle is passionate about software development, robotics, and artificial intelligence. He is currently involves with SLAM, Mission, and RL.
Maddie has worked with the computer vision subteam to learn how to construct neural networks and streamline image distribution and processing.
Max has been researching various control system and has helped develop prototypes for a LQR controller and thruster manager. Currently, he is developing a robust thruster manager.
Neil is working on creating protocols for communication between two robots while underwater.
Occam has worked on standardizing the data sent and received between different software components and creating documentation for these standards.
Olivia has worked on developing path-planning algorithms like RRT and A* for the Navigation team as well as various motion styles like sinusoidal paths.
Managed team dynamics, wrote preprocessing code for images analyzed by PCA, and worked on code to the train MobileNet neural network on labelled competition images to determine the best model to use
Rosy and team self-directedly studied convolutional neural network and built a CNN to identify fish species in PyTorch. Also, she used cloud computing and labelImg to construct a cloud image distribution system
Ruby is a physicist and hardware designer who models the gripper in Solidworks and helps prototype the physical model.
Wrote code to implement k-means algorithms to process image data. Worked on writing code to train the UNet neural network on labelled competition images to determine the best model to use.
Energizing the team!
Seth is one of the team founders, and the outgoing team president. He has worked on all aspects of the robot, from mechanical to elecrical to software design. He also led fundraising and team expansion efforts.
Shivam is a member of the SLAM team that writes the software to help the robot build a map of its surroundings and plan a route through it.
The Gripper team is designing a mechanical claw to pick up and drop game pieces. Sidney uses SolidWorks to design parts for prototypes and is currently designing a latching system with electromagnets.
Sophie joined Robosub in 2020 and is on the Computer Vision and Reinforcement Learning subteams, where she works with machine learning and neural networks.
Research sensors to determine suitable components for machine. Collaborate with team members to incorporate sensors into submarine.
Yoo-Jin has dedicated her time from hardware, electrical, to software projects on MuddSub. Previously, she has been on the gripper, torpedo, RL team. Currently, she is on the simulation and electrical VI team.