Mars Rover

As a member of the BYU Mars Rover team, I helped design a SCARA-style robot arm designed to complete tasks in the international University Rover Challenge. Several of these tasks include opening drawers, delivering 5 kg objects across several kilometers, flipping switches, pressing buttons, and turning knobs.

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I also headed a team of 5 engineers to improve the chassis of the rover, design and manufacture the rover's arm, and implement precise control of the arm. 

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Another major part of the rover I helped with was developing an algorithm to do inverse kinematics control of the arm using Python. The arm can be controlled via an Xbox controller to move the end effector in straight line (or curved) trajectories.