Present Research
The Laboratory's mission is to get undergraduate students the experience of complex research in robotic system development. The projects that are sponsored are typically about developing intelligent vehicles for environmental monitoring or remote sampling. Additionally, human-interactive robotics is a separate thrust in the research. Below are present and past lab projects. Feel free to contact us with any questions, or contact the advisors or student leads indicated for each project (firstname.lastname @olin.edu for faculty or @students.olin.edu for students).
Human Interactive Robots
Exploring the space of intuitive design and smart algorithms, this group of students is working on an emoting robot which can interact with human gesture and mood.
Advisor | David Barrett
Student Contact | Sophia Li
Team Members | Sophia Li, Wannes Venheusden, Max Schommer, Max Wei, Haozeng (Bill) Du, Carl Moser, Marie-Caroline Finke, Kevin Zhang, Hannah Wilk, Chloe Grubb, Abi Rodrigues, Regina Walker, Lydia Zuehsow
Details | Coworkers Project Page
Advisor | David Barrett
Student Contact | Sophia Li
Team Members | Sophia Li, Wannes Venheusden, Max Schommer, Max Wei, Haozeng (Bill) Du, Carl Moser, Marie-Caroline Finke, Kevin Zhang, Hannah Wilk, Chloe Grubb, Abi Rodrigues, Regina Walker, Lydia Zuehsow
Details | Coworkers Project Page
Olin Robotic Sailing
The goal of this group is to create an autonomous sailboat capable of navigating across the Atlantic Ocean.
Advisor | David Barrett
Student Contact | Amanda Sutherland, Raagini Rameshwar
Details | Team Page
Advisor | David Barrett
Student Contact | Amanda Sutherland, Raagini Rameshwar
Details | Team Page
Autonomous Ground Vehicles
The goal of the project is to develop two key components needed for intelligent vehicles to reliably navigate off-road terrain: Navigation and Terrain Classification.
Advisor | David Barrett
Student Contact | Justin Poh
Team Members | Justin Poh, Caleb Kissel, Ryan Eggert, Antonia Elsen
Details | Ground Vehicles Page
Advisor | David Barrett
Student Contact | Justin Poh
Team Members | Justin Poh, Caleb Kissel, Ryan Eggert, Antonia Elsen
Details | Ground Vehicles Page
Collaborative Missions
Details coming soon.
Drones for Remote Sampling
This research group is developing intelligent micro-aerial vehicles to be autonomous research assistants.
Advisor | Andrew Bennett
Student Contacts | Victoria Preston, Jay Woo
Team Members | Jay Woo, Devynn Diggins, Riley Chapman, Shivali Chandra, Rocco DiVerdi, Arpan Rau, Sungwoo Park, and Victoria Preston
Details | Drone Project Page
Advisor | Andrew Bennett
Student Contacts | Victoria Preston, Jay Woo
Team Members | Jay Woo, Devynn Diggins, Riley Chapman, Shivali Chandra, Rocco DiVerdi, Arpan Rau, Sungwoo Park, and Victoria Preston
Details | Drone Project Page
Archived Projects
Robotic Tuna
One of the longest standing lab projects, the goal of this underwater vehicle is to explore the ability for a bio-mimetic robot to conduct long-term long-range navigation missions.
Advisor | David Barrett
Student Contact | Justin Poh
Details | Tuna Project Page
Advisor | David Barrett
Student Contact | Justin Poh
Details | Tuna Project Page