Engineering Projects
Exploring the intersection of mechanical engineering, robotics, and design.
ActiveUMI: Robotic Manipulation with Active Perception
Co-authored research on a framework for robotic manipulation with active perception from robot-free human demonstrations. ActiveUMI couples a portable VR teleoperation kit with sensorized controllers, learning the crucial link between visual attention and manipulation.
Policies trained exclusively on ActiveUMI data achieve 70% success rate on bimanual tasks and demonstrate strong generalization, retaining 56% success rate on novel objects and environments. Submitted to ICRA 2026.
Co-authors: Qiyuan Zeng, Chengmeng Li, Zhongyi Zhou, Junjie Wen, Guorui Feng, Yichen Zhu, Yi Xu
FIRST Robotics: Omnicats 1452
As co-captain of my high school's robotics team, I supported our team every step of the way as we designed, built, and refined our robot from scratch, winning various awards in Canada and Los Angeles.
Sizzle reel created in After Effects.
Babel Infinity Mirror
This infinity mirror made for my AP Literature class is based on Jorge Luis Borges's Library of Babel. Etched on the mirror is a page from the Library's Bible (representing the meaning of life), which is repeated ad infinitum in this display.
Instructor: Maja Starcevic.
R4 Alarm
Soldered and laser cut to repurpose a kid's toy into a door-mounted alarm/chime.
Instructor: Max Nishimura.
Theater Booth Cable Pole Stoppers
I was tasked with designing pole stoppers for my high school theater program's wall of cables, adding labels to each stopper.
I designed a 3D-printable model with room for an engraved acrylic piece to label and color code cables by length and type.
Tensegrity Models
I adapted online resources to fabricate a few tensegrity models, showcasing how tension and compression can come together to make an object "levitate."
