Here is a collection of most of the projects I have made over the years (that I can talk about). Find more about me at the About Me page.
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FPV Glider
Long range FPV glider on the ZOHD Drift airframe. Equipped with R9 slim+, Speedybee F405 Mini, GPS, VTX and camera. Capable of one hour flight and 1 mile range w/ video. Can fly missions and return to home using iNav.
Muon Wind Chime
Detects Muons and other high energy particles and uses their intensity as input into a custom synthesizer. Muon detector is based off the CosmicWatch. Synthesizer is written in PureData and runs on a spare Jetson Nano. Next iteration includes a light display and proper housing.
Motion Planning with LiDAR Car
Implemented Monte Carlo Localization and A* path planning on robotic car in MIT Stata Basement. Developed and tested in ROS and RViz before deploying to real platform. Final challenge of mini city navigation and full speed line following. MIT 16.405 Robotic Science and Systems.
Past Projects
Didgeridoo Stand
Stand for my homemade didgeridoo (also listed here). Made from an old lamp I found in an electronics waste bin.
Didgeridoo
PVC pipe didgeridoo. Painstakingly painted with acrylics. Originally used for a lofi-hiphop song.
Gilded Queen Necklace
Chess Queen gilded with 23K gold. Used vinyl cutter to make patterns. Gift for a graduating friend.
TV Stand
Needed a TV stand. Made a TV stand. Pretty fond of the asymmetry.
PCB for Efficient Autonomous Blimp
Telemetry and motor control shield for flight computer raspberry pi. Self taught Altium and manufactured by JLCPCB. Made during my research work in the MIT LEAN lab. Shown is implementation on miniature robotic car equipped with motion capture reflectors.
Handmade Flag
Puerto Rican flag on one side, Dominican on the other. Made for my friend who is both.
Efficient Blimp V2
Successor to the autonomous shark blimp. Incorporates the PCB also listed here for efficiency. Look at my GITHUB for docs!
Efficient Blimp V1
A low power autonomous blimp platform to test motion planning algorithms. Attempts 1-1 actuation and computer power use. Check GITHUB
Mock Wind Tunnel
Purely aesthetic wind tunnel featuring a model Cessna 172. Powered using a computer fan and 3D printed nozzle to direct airflow. Housing made of acrylic paneling slot joined maple plywood fitted with edge-banding. Much trouble was had getting the airflow to properly spin the propeller and flap the streamer. The final fan nozzle does an adequate job, but is not ideal.
Decanter Tray
Simple decanter tray milled from scrap piece of red oak and laser engraved. Present for a graduating friend who had a passion for nice whiskeys.
Autonomous Robot Design and Manufacturing
Three unique robots to complete tasks on MIT’s 2.S007’s autonomous robotic competition gameboard. Developed suite of autonomous sequences that could be remotely triggered. Sensing, positioning, and accurate driving performed with use of IMU, encoders, line-following sensors, and multiple PID controllers. Used 3D printing, sheet metal fabrication and prebuilt parts to assemble each robot.
maker|XAVIER
Made the website you are looking at right now. My first website. Built with HTML, CSS, Nuxt, Vue, and Tailwind. I try to update every semester, but never do.
MagBall
Final project for MIT 2.00b team Stegosaurus. Air hockey like game with magnetic walls, paddles, and puck. I lead hardware design, manufacturing by 3D printing and lasercutting, and final assembly
VIP Lounge
Redid an unused room. Painted, made two benches, two laser engraved tables, and a illuminated silhouette of the house
RACER
MIT class to build computer vision and motion planning/control software for given hardware. Used camera to detect and follow a line in final race
Unified Engineering Flight Competition
Designed and manufactured plane with wire-cut foam polyhedral wings to maximize an objective function of payload weight and turn rate. Considering design constraints, optimized objective function using various MATLAB scripts and plot analysis. Determined size of wings and twist, payload mass and placement, and stability margin. Placed 4th in competition..
ULA Soil Rover
Parachute deployed rover-hub system to collect soil samples and return to the hub for rudimentary analysis
Music Production
Did various sorts of music production for 10 years. Used Logic Pro, Cakewalk, Fl Studio, and MAX to make original songs and covers
Coffee Table
Made for my room from scrap wood I found in the basement. Used biscuit joiner
Spinning Ball
Gift made for my friend who was a graduating player on the MIT basketball team. Ball spins to show signatures
Balcony Additions
My favorite place. Surprising difficult to drill into brick to mount hammock and lights. Worth it
Giant Die
Centerpiece for party hung from stairwell. Very light and easy to disassemble. Cool pic
Liquid Propulsion
Subteam of MIT Rocket Team. Worked on a test stand for LOX and ethanol engine. Machined custom fittings, ran leak and pressure tests
Soft Robotics
Researched the application of 3D printing to manufacture soft, “finger-like,” multi-material pneumatic actuators Optimized dual material printer for highly flexibile TPU
Lathe Pawn
Made a pawn to learn how to use a lathe
ULA Folding Drone
First multi-month long project and introduction to drones. Competed in ULA challenge to make a drone with long range, advanced telemetry, and long range.
Lithophane
One of the coolest applications of 3D printing. Made from photo of my grandparents wedding
Aerospace Plasma Group
Built test stand for researching the effects of nanosecond pulsed plasma on combustion. Applicable to jet afterburners
Covid Face Shields
Mass printed face shields during the beginning of COVID. Optimized printing to 3x efficiency. Shields were sanitized and given to medical staff
Bottle Lamp
Gift made for a family friend. Bottles rest on gears to revolve around center and spin independently
Phone Stand
This is only here because its the first thing I ever 3D printed. Still on my desk