EyeRover, c. 2014. An inverted pendulum robot I worked on while an intern at BrainCorp. Super cute, could kind of just roll in a very fun way around but still 10/10. www.technologyreview.com/2014/09/22/1... - ThreadSky

katherineliu.bsky.social • 99 days ago

EyeRover, c. 2014. An inverted pendulum robot I worked on while an intern at BrainCorp. Super cute, could kind of just roll in a very fun way around but still 10/10.
https://www.technologyreview.com/2014/09/22/171288/robots-that-learn-through-repetition-not-programming/

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katherineliu.bsky.social•99 days ago

Small Quadrotors, c. 2015. In my first year of grad school, I took a super fun class that involved writing controllers in MATLAB and uploading them to these small quadrotors. 12/10, survived being crashed into my ceiling as I figured out how to tune gains. http://fast.scripts.mit.edu/dronecontrol/drones/

katherineliu.bsky.social•99 days ago

Large Quadrotors, c. 2015
After joining the Robust Robotics Group at CSAIL/MIT (led by Nick Roy), I worked on quadrotors for the DARPA FLA and NASA SaRUC projects. 14/10, experienced the highest of highs (flying super fast!) and lowest of lows (crashing!). https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2hRNx_0SWGw

katherineliu.bsky.social•99 days ago

MIT RACECAR, c. 2019. We adopted this platform for some navigation research. 13/10, worked even though for our ICRA experiments we mounted the sensors to a cardboard box. (Speaking of which, I was sad to see that the Intel T265 was discontinued -- that thing was solid.)
https://racecar.mit.edu

katherineliu.bsky.social•99 days ago

Franka Panda, c. 2023 - present. At TRI, I’ve been really excited to explore robot arms. 14/10, can actually interact with the physical world instead of just trying not to crash into things.
https://franka.de

katherineliu.bsky.social•99 days ago

On a more serious note, putting together this non-serious thread was a great reminder of how incredibly fun robotics is. My advice to budding roboticists is to jump in! I wasted time when I was younger worrying about expressing interest in things I didn’t have the perfect credentials for.

katherineliu.bsky.social•99 days ago

If I could go back and talk to my younger self, I’d point out that robotics isn’t solved yet (true then and now), and the great thing about research is that we’re collectively exploring. Most of the projects listed in this thread were team efforts, with of folks with diverse technical backgrounds.

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