Cardinal Gibbons High School

Joseph Michael Biersack

Nicole Carol Allen

Cassian Farias Kraus

Thomas Ryan Michael Greene

Benjamin James Miranda

William Michael Meyers

Charles Joseph Kilani

Brett Richard Gallagher

Ilam Maya

Brigitte Noelle Gallagher

Zachary Clayton Naylor

Gillian Nicole Kearney

Kevin Nicolas Haller

Grant Christian Ozaki

John Michael Gebhardt

Ethan James Dominic

Daniel Thomas Mahon

Brett Matthew Lopez

Ayda Rose Suing

Ian Setia

Grace Ann Eberle

Joseph Andrew Milazzo

Disclosed is a system for controlling a robot via a foot-operable controller. The foot-operable controller includes a grid of large pressure-sensitive tiles that are responsive to being stepped on. Signals from the pressure-sensitive tiles are provided to a controller interface that converts the signals to control messages compatible with existing robot control interfaces, such as a universal serial bus. The foot-operable controller may be used to control various robots, including for example a robot equipped with a claw arm or a robot equipped with a ring launcher.

Foot-operated robot interface

Disclosed is a decontamination robot. The robot includes a decontamination box including at least two arrays of ultraviolet LEDs, the two arrays arranged to irradiate an object placed inside the decontamination box from at least two independent directions, the decontamination box further including an interior surface with at least 90% reflectivity of ultraviolet light. The robot also includes a drivetrain including four swerve-drive units, each swerve-drive unit capable of rotating a wheel on an axis of the wheel and capable of orienting the wheel in a plane defined by the axes of the four wheels of the four swerve-drive units, whereby the four swerve-drive units coordinate to generate translational motion of the decontamination robot on a working surface. The robot also includes a scissor lift capable of raising the decontamination box from a first position to a second position, wherein the scissor lift comprises a plurality of bars connected by a plurality of joints such that the plurality of bars form a series of crosses, and a top plate attached to a top of the decontamination box.

Decontamination robot with swerve drive and scissor lift

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Morrisville, NC, United States of America

Joseph Michael Biersack