Rudy: Quadruped From Scratch
Meet Rudy! A quadruped which I have designed and built from scatch! Rudy was designed to operate using ROS 2, running on an Ubuntu Raspberry Pi and powered by Dynamixel XC430 motors...
Nolan Knight
Current MSR Student at Northwestern University in Evanston, IL
Recent Projects
SLAM: Navigation Stack From Scratch
Designed for the Turtlebot3, this project implements a full-stack SLAM architecture using an Extended Kalman Filter (EKF). The system integrates sensing, state estimation, and mappin...
Vision-Based Sorting with the FER Panda Robot
As part of a team, I developed a modular motion planning and manipulation system for the FER Panda robotic arm to autonomously pick up and sort colored objects (“Turtles”) in both si...
Lagrangian Dynamics Simulations
During my Master’s in Robotics at Northwestern University, I completed a Machine Dynamics course focused on Lagrangian dynamics and physics-based simulation. This page showcases a co...
Autonomous Pen Grasping
In this project, I developed a vision-guided robotic arm capable of detecting and retrieving a pen from a human hand. The system uses an Interbotix robotic arm controlled via a ROS 2...
Automated Manufacturing Cell Design
During my contract work for GM Diecron, I gained practical experience in automation-focused manufacturing projects within the aerospace industry. I assisted in designing floor plans ...