For my senior thesis project at WPI, myself and two colleagues (Rachael Putnam – RBE/ME and Mead Landis – RBE/ME) designed a tree climbing robot. I was in charge of designing and implementing the electronics and controls software. I was the most intense project I have ever worked on, both in terms of difficulty and potential impact. Here is our poster for project presentation day:
Here’s a video of the prototype climbing:
We did a blog during the project, here is the best post I wrote:
The report is massive, check it out here: https://digital.wpi.edu/concern/student_works/s4655j16f?locale=en