Our project involves creating a repeatable, reliable, and accurate scuff tester that will be
used to determine the effectiveness of the innovative variable friction Cadense shoe. The
Cadense shoe was developed to make it easier for people with foot drop to walk by utilizing
a low friction surface when the heel is lifted before becoming a high friction surface when
the entire bottom of the shoe is planted. In order to characterize this shoe, data to describe
the interaction between this shoe and the ground is important. An effective characterization

Kitchen fires are responsible for a MASSIVE 158,000 fire incidents a year, accounting for 44% of ALL reported home fires in the United States. Traditional smoke detectors only alert you once a fire has started, and they're only effective if someone is around to hear them. That's why we created EmberEye–a smart device that prevents kitchen fires before they start and keeps you safe, no matter where you are.

Our project seeks to innovate in the field of unmanned vehicle competitions, specifically focusing on a challenge within the Raytheon Autonomous Vehicle Competition. The central goal is to design and develop both an Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) and an Unmanned Ground Vehicle (UGV) that can autonomously perform in a dynamic, competitive environment. Our UAV will be equipped to navigate autonomously, identify targets, and deliver a payload, specifically a "Water Blast," to designated UGVs from competing teams, while avoiding our own UGV.

Approximately 2000 incidents per year are associated with manual wire-swaging processes
using press machines. Motivated by the concern about the rate of amputation injuries, our
engineering team is developing a safety-enhancing device aimed at mitigating risks while
boosting efficiency. The device allows operators to maintain a safer distance from the press
machine by automating wire insertion, alignment, and rotation. By integrating two-button
controls, operators can safely rotate the wire while the press is active, reducing the need for

Our device aims to streamline the transportation process of large carbon fiber booms within
Redwire's Goleta facility. Currently, the task demands considerable time, and manpower, and
poses risks to both the booms and technicians involved. It typically requires nearly two hours
and a team of over a dozen technicians to transfer just one boom from the facility’s clean room
to an adjacent oven. This inefficiency is large because of the booms' fragility to deflection and
torsion, compounded by their extensive length, which can reach up to a hundred feet. Our

In today’s world, printed circuit boards (PCBs) are the single most fundamental
substrates on which electrical components are placed. When a PCB goes bad, it is often just
replaced by a brand new one. GARI, or gantry automated rework interface, aims to instead
prepare the broken PCBs for rework: a process involving the replacement of faulty components
with new ones to fix boards rather than scrap them. In order to complete part removal, the user
simply clamps the broken board into place, uses GARI’s high-precision gantry to aim the system

One of the most important words in aerospace is redundancy. Ensuring the safe, reliable
operation of spacecraft requires countless systems to function properly with backup
mechanisms to correct for the unforeseen. Damage can occur if lanyard drive systems, which
are designed to pull satellite arrays open, derail or tangle. This is caused by slack accumulating
in the lanyard as it deploys. Our team seeks to decrease risk in satellite deployment by adding a
tensioning device, preventing potential tangling and millions of dollars in damage. Using our

Our project aims to redefine how you realign your spine. Traditional Transforaminal Lumbar
Interbody Fusion procedures involve cutting open the patient’s back to access the spine,
resulting in long surgeries and recovery times of up to 6 weeks. In the minimally invasive form of
this surgery, the patient’s back only needs a small 20mm incision, allowing patients to go home
the same day! However, current tools are unable to reach and clear the far side of the disc
through this small incision, leading to increased surgical times and risk as well as inadequate

Our project’s objective is to develop a self-contained, remote controlled robot capable of
climbing compact, steep 60-degree incline stairs on US Navy ships. Between the years of
2015-2020, the US Navy spent an average of 2.1 billion dollars annually on marine vehicular
maintenance. Additionally, the US Navy missed its recruitment goal by 7000 personnel in 2023.
These high costs and dwindling work force, paired with long hours in dangerous environments
for the sailors and contractors, create a concerning problem. To address this, our team, being

Our apparatus consists of two robotic arms working together to stack boxes and follow instructions from an operator. The system can be controlled via a computer application which requires no prior robotics knowledge. The user may set the system to automatically organize boxes onto a pallet or they may choose the option to manually input the exact coordinates in which they choose to place boxes.