Landon  Carter

Landon Carter

Scholar Title

MIT EECS Lincoln Labs Undergraduate Research and Innovation Scholar

Research Title

Computational Design for Printable Hydraulic Mechanisms

Cohort

2016–2017

Department

Electrical Engineering and Computer Science

Research Areas
  • Robotics
Supervisor

Daniela L. Rus

Abstract

Computational Design for Printable Hydraulic Robots
Existing 3-D-printers cannot print fully-integrated actuated structures yet 3-D-printed robots will require this capability. To this end the Distributed Robotics Lab has developed a 3-D printing technique that enables the printing of hydraulic elements directly as part of a superstructure. This development has allowed one-shot printing of functional robots requiring only the addition of electronic components. At this stage however the software interface for generating print files has no validation step “° S this research will create a validation package to ensure print parameters are met such as overhang support void detection wall thickness etc. After this is complete the computational design of hydraulic robots will be investigated posed as a machine-learning optimization problem.

Quote

As a 2 & 6 double major 3-D printed robotics is an incredibly interesting field allowing me to use knowledge and intuition from both majors. I hope to gain experience in 3-D printed robot design and in particular machine learning for robot design. Finally I chose the SuperUROP program to aid in structuring the research providing a timeline goals and an audience to share my results.

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