TRAC will enable first responders to diagnose patients with trauma-induced coagulopathy rapidly. Currently, coagulopathy tests can only be administered using large, stationary machines over the course of half an hour. Our device will give similar or identical results within a few minutes while remaining portable. TRAC achieves this by performing a temperature-controlled analysis on a sample of blood over 2 minutes. TRAC is designed to be a hand-held, pocket-sized device.
Saltwater is an electrolyte that speeds up the process of rust and corrosion. SeaShield is an automated drone system designed to slow the corrosion process by autonomously applying a corrosion inhibiting liquid to problem areas on a naval vessel. The drone carries a liquid payload to a problem area, applies the liquid in a methodical, overlapping spray pattern for maximal coverage, and returns to its home station. The process is fully automated, but can be observed from an Android application and manually overridden if necessary.
The current state of the art UAV obstacle avoidance requires an array of expensive time-of-flight sensors, LiDAR, or ultrasonic sensors. The new 60GHz RADAR allows for the same functionality but at a drastically lower cost. These RADAR chipsets are around $20 per sensor, and with a more than 100x improvement in measurable volume compared to time-of-flight sensors. These sensors are also solid-state and are smaller than your thumbnail. This capstone project aims to implement obstacle avoidance in drones with 60GHz RADAR and possibly demonstrate 3D autonomous mapping with this technology.
The Smart Parking Lot project's goal is to create small, inexpensive wireless devices that can be placed on individual parking spots within a large parking structure, each capable of lasting five years on a single charge. Each device contains a vehicle-detecting sensor that can detect whether a car is parked in its spot. The devices are all connected using a low-power communication protocol to a central gateway device.
The Smart Parking Lot project's goal is to create small, inexpensive wireless devices that can be placed on individual parking spots within a large parking structure, each capable of lasting five years on a single charge. Each device contains a vehicle-detecting sensor that can detect whether a car is parked in its spot. The devices are all connected using a low-power communication protocol to a central gateway device.
In this project, we use a depth detection camera to prevent a robotic arm holding a microscope from colliding with objects in the operation theatre. Our system recognizes the robot's hand from the blocking object and ensures the arm's path is collision-free. To achieve this function, we also move/rotate our depth detection camera with a step motor to trace the robotic arm's movement.
BlueFinder addresses the problem of finding the location of Bluetooth devices in a small area. Using only information from the physical signals emitted from nearby Bluetooth devices, the system will dynamically estimate the devices' location and display the information to the user. The signals will be collected by the XTRX software-defined radio, and the processing will be done on an Nvidia Jetson Xavier SOC. All components will be connected using a PCB. Estimates provided by the angle of arrival and time difference of arrival methods will be combined into a single estimated location.
The Spotter buoy is a data collection device. An anchorage system is used to prevent the buoy from drifting away from its designated location. Because the anchor must be manually deployed, adjusting the position of the buoy is a time consuming task. Our team has two main objectives. The first objective is to design a vehicle to replace the anchorage system that will autonomously reposition the Spotter buoy within a designated zone. Secondly, the system will receive new coordinates via cellular link and navigate to the corresponding location.
The VisHawk project is pursuing RF-silent autonomous flight of multirotor UAVs between ships underway at sea. We implement this behaviour by guiding the final approach with Apriltag visual fiducials. Using GPS and a known initial trajectory of the landing vessel, VisHawk closes to within visual range of the vessel. VisHawk then uses the visual marker to produce a safe approach trajectory, updating in real time to consider uncertainties such as sea conditions moving the deck of the landing vessel.
Ophthalmologists are prone to musculoskeletal disorders due to their hunched posture when operating a surgical microscope. True Posture aims to provide insights on posture when using a 3D microscope visualization system in contrast to a traditional surgical microscope. True Posture implements a system that measures the electrical activity produced by skeletal back muscle while performing surgery using electromyography (EMG) sensors. The data collected from these sensors is used to provide insights on the surgeon's musculoskeletal state.