POTENTIA ROBOTICS - Key Persons
Hi! I am Anirudh. I am the Events lead in the Business subteam, along with a member of the Computer Vision team. As part of the business team, I am in charge of coming up with fundraisers, planning summer camps, and helping Sai in reaching out to professors and companies to get feedback about our robot. Being on the business team, we have to know what is happening in both software and engineering. On the CV side of the software team, we are responsible for the "eyes" of the robot and work a lot with the electronics team to help the Olympian see where she is going.
Hi! I'm Anish, the Project Lead of Potentia Robotics, and a junior at TJHSST. Oftentimes we believe that high-schoolers-due to financial constraints and gaps in knowledge-are limited in what they can achieve, especially when it comes to large-scale engineering projects that are more suited to being conducted in corporate R&D labs or PhD labs at large, world-renowned universities. Potentia Robotics was created to prove that this isn't the case-that it's definitely possible for high schoolers to conduct groundbreaking research that makes the stuff of sci-fi movies a reality. I want to show that there is no barrier of entry to these projects; all that's necessary to get started is a passionate team, some Google Docs, and an unyielding will to see the project through to completion. As the Project Lead of Potentia Robotics, I'm responsible for managing the team's overall operations and managing the overall design of Olympian by working with subteam leads to make top-level design decisions, crafting the team's overall business strategy, managing and fine-tuning the team's organizational structure, being the representative for the team when interacting with sponsors, partners, and the outside world as a whole, and serving as the bridge between each of the subteams. I also sometimes do more technically involved work (programming, designing, accounting, etc.) in each subteam.
Hi! I'm Ram Vempati, gait generation and design lead at Potentia Robotics. As gait generation lead, my team and I are responsible for making the algorithms that allow for OLYMPIAN to dynamically balance and walk on any terrain while taking environmental, kinematic and mechanical constraints into account. Meanwhile, my design team and I are responsible for designing the entire robot in CAD and simulating it with tools like MATLAB, ensuring its feasibility in the real world. My teams and I do the impossible every day, making leaps and bounds in one of the most restrictive and undocumented fields in engineering. I joined Potentia Robotics to help make history, and I'm thrilled to see how far OLYMPIAN can go.
Hello! My name is Ryan Park and I'm the Computer Vision Lead for Potentia Robotics. I work on creating the algorithms necessary for navigational analysis and trajectory planning for our robot, using lidars and cameras. I joined the team because I have always enjoyed learning new things and experiences. Specifically, Potentia has given me an outlet to create models, pursue more complex areas of programming, and be part of a large-scale project. I look forward to working with all our members and am excited to see what the future will hold.
Hi, I'm Shahzad! I manage the Manufacturing aspects of Potentia Robotics, specifically bringing CAD and designs into real life. The Engineering team and I work on choosing the correct materials for the robot, finding parts to fit our needs, and making sure everything works together smoothly. I applied to join the team because of the unique goal of the club. In the past, I've worked on countless robots, but none are as intriguing as a full-size humanoid. I'm grateful for being brought into the club, and it's been a pleasure working with the Engineering team and other members to create our robot.