Photoelastic Tactile Sensor for a Robotic Palm
Soft Robotics & AI • In collaboration with Shadow Robotics
Designed and built a compact photoelastic palm sensor addressing space constraints through folded optics. Automated indentation and synchronised data collection to evaluate four deep learning architectures, achieving normal-force MAE of 0.244 N and sub-millimetre localisation.
Keywords: Soft Robotics, Tactile Sensing, Computer Vision, Deep Learning, PyTorch
Few-Shot Medical Image Segmentation
Deep Learning & Healthcare
Implemented and evaluated supervised U-Net and Reptile meta-learning architectures for MRI segmentation with limited labelled data, applying compound Binary Cross-Entropy and Dice loss functions.
Keywords: Medical Imaging, U-Net, Meta-Learning, PyTorch, Few-Shot
UKSEDS Olympus Rover Trials (3rd Place Overall & Best CDR Award)
Space Robotics & Avionics • RAL Space Finals
Served as Vice Lead and Electrical Team Lead. Architected full power distribution bus, Raspberry Pi telemetry, and coordinated hardware integration for a planetary exploration rover.
Keywords: Raspberry Pi, Power Electronics, Electrical Debugging, System Integration
Modular Lunar Augmentation System
Space & Biomechatronics • Airbus Competition Finalist
Led engineering team to finals of an Airbus design competition with a modular mobility concept for astronaut augmentation and prosthetic support in low-gravity environments.
Keywords: Biomechatronics, Variable-Impedance Knee, Space Robotics, Feasibility Analysis
Real-Time Colour and Object Detection
Computer Vision & Robotics Perception
Fused YOLOv8 real-time object detection with custom KNN classifier trained on 865 named color shades, processing live webcam streams with OpenCV.
Keywords: OpenCV, YOLOv8, KNN, Video Stream Processing, Python
Roll-Angle Measurement Device (Sagnac Interferometer)
Optical Instrumentation & Sensors
Constructed a fibre-optic Sagnac interferometer to investigate roll-angle sensing. Developed numerical integration in MATLAB to derive angular displacement from optical velocity measurements.
Keywords: Fiber Optics, Interferometry, MATLAB, Digital Signal Processing
Gymnastics Stamp-Bug and Rover
Mechatronics & Control Systems
Designed responsive mechanical chassis in Siemens NX and implemented control algorithms synchronizing motor actuation with interactive LED matrices.
Keywords: Siemens NX, Closed-loop Actuation, Mechatronics, Embedded Controls
Eco-Friendly Intra-Campus Monorail System Design
Sustainable Infrastructure & CAD • WSP Brief
Led conceptual engineering for an energy-efficient campus monorail with accessible cabins and sustainable power distribution for engineering consultancy WSP.
Keywords: CAD, Transportation Infrastructure, Sustainable Engineering, Feasibility
Engineering Job Finder Platform
NLP Automation & Web Scraping
Built a Streamlit application using spaCy NLP to parse engineering CVs and query real-time SerpApi listings for matching UK engineering vacancies.
Keywords: Python, spaCy, NLP, Streamlit, SerpApi