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Author:

Beck, Jacob J

Title:

A Combined Approach to Localization for a Nuclear Cask Inspection Robot

Area of Honors:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

nuclear
waste
robotics
inspection
computer
vision

File:

Download vision_beck_thesis.pdf

Thesis Supervisors:

Dr. Sean N Brennan, Thesis Supervisor
Zoubeida Ounaies, Thesis Honors Advisor

Author:

Gruning, Veronica A

Title:

Optimization of Energy-Aware Path-Planning in Ground Robotics

Area of Honors:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

unmanned ground vehicle
robotics
path planning
energy optimization

File:

Download gruning-thesis__2_.pdf

Thesis Supervisors:

Dr. Sean N Brennan, Thesis Supervisor
Dr. Jacqueline Antonia O'Connor, Thesis Honors Advisor

Author:

Beckman, Daniel

Title:

Optimizing the Swimming Pattern of a Robotic Fish Using Reinforcement Learning

Area of Honors:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

reinforcement learning
robotics
fish locomotion
policy gradient

File:

Download Beckman_Daniel_FishSwimming.pdf

Thesis Supervisors:

Dr. Bo Cheng, Thesis Supervisor
Dr. Hosam Kadry Fathy, Thesis Honors Advisor

Author:

Davis, Brian

Title:

Design and Analysis of Inverted Landing Mechanism and Biomimetic Strategy for Small-scale Quadrotors

Area of Honors:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

biomimetic
quadrotor
quadcopter
drone
optimization
mechanical design
robot
robotics
simulation
inverted landing
fly
insect
landing
control
RREV
relative retinal rate of expansion
landing gear
landing mechanism
perching
perception
multirotor
uav
unmanned aerial vehicle
Crazyflie

File:

Download DESIGN_AND_ANALYSIS_OF_INVERTED_LANDING_MECHANISM_AND_BIOMIMETIC_STRATEGY_FOR_SMALL-SCALE_QUADROTORS_FINAL.pdf

Thesis Supervisors:

Bo Cheng, Thesis Supervisor
Bo Cheng, Thesis Honors Advisor
Jean-Michel Mongeau, Faculty Reader