I worked for a semester in UT Austin’s nuclear & Applied Robotics Lab. My work there included a main group project in developing autonomous robots that make out radiation sources in an environment. I also got to use some really cool tools and equipment ($80k Compton Camera + Spot!). highlights and skills:

  • ros2
  • Ubuntu kernels for ros2 deployment
  • Compton camera, lidar systems & other similar sensing hardware
  • spot!
  • $300 prize at end of semester competition!

our autonomous robot project:

example maps that we created with our robot:

Lidar Map after Autonomous Walk through
Radiation Map developed from Walk through showing Cs-137 Sample

More information:

Final Report: https: bit.ly/FIRE_Rep

Final Presentation: bit.ly/FIRE_Pres