2024
NASA RockSat-C
Built a robotic hand for surgical precision under rocket launch stress
Robotics
Aerospace
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At 18, I joined the Minorities in Space Technology (M.I.S.T.) program. Our mission: design a robotic hand capable of performing incisions and sutures during the violent vibrations of rocket take-off and re-entry. It sounded impossible, which is exactly why I wanted in.
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At 18, I joined the Minorities in Space Technology (M.I.S.T.) program. Our mission: design a robotic hand capable of performing incisions and sutures during the violent vibrations of rocket take-off and re-entry. It sounded impossible, which is exactly why I wanted in.
Context
The Challenge
The idea was wild: a robotic hand that could pick up surgical tools, make a clean incision on synthetic skin, and stitch it back together, all while strapped into a payload enduring rocket-level vibration and heat. For us, the question wasn’t “is this realistic?” It was “can we prove it’s even possible?"
Build
Systems Under Stress
I led work on the computer vision + circuit integration subsystem. We gave the robot vision to detect incision start and end points, plus control logic to coordinate tool pickup and suture placement. Every part had to be designed with damping and redundancy to survive flight. It was less about elegance, more about building something that could function in chaos.
Takeaway
Engineering at the Edge
This project taught me what “minimum success criteria” really means. We weren’t chasing polish, we were proving feasibility under the harshest conditions. It sharpened my ability to strip ideas to first principles, test them under stress, and build systems that hold up when failure is the default.
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(GQ® — 02)
©2024
2024
NASA RockSat-C
Built a robotic hand for surgical precision under rocket launch stress
Robotics
Aerospace
Know More
At 18, I joined the Minorities in Space Technology (M.I.S.T.) program. Our mission: design a robotic hand capable of performing incisions and sutures during the violent vibrations of rocket take-off and re-entry. It sounded impossible, which is exactly why I wanted in.
Best Rated Portfolio in the Market
At 18, I joined the Minorities in Space Technology (M.I.S.T.) program. Our mission: design a robotic hand capable of performing incisions and sutures during the violent vibrations of rocket take-off and re-entry. It sounded impossible, which is exactly why I wanted in.
Context
The Challenge
The idea was wild: a robotic hand that could pick up surgical tools, make a clean incision on synthetic skin, and stitch it back together, all while strapped into a payload enduring rocket-level vibration and heat. For us, the question wasn’t “is this realistic?” It was “can we prove it’s even possible?"
Build
Systems Under Stress
I led work on the computer vision + circuit integration subsystem. We gave the robot vision to detect incision start and end points, plus control logic to coordinate tool pickup and suture placement. Every part had to be designed with damping and redundancy to survive flight. It was less about elegance, more about building something that could function in chaos.
Takeaway
Engineering at the Edge
This project taught me what “minimum success criteria” really means. We weren’t chasing polish, we were proving feasibility under the harshest conditions. It sharpened my ability to strip ideas to first principles, test them under stress, and build systems that hold up when failure is the default.
More Works
(GQ® — 02)
©2024
2024
NASA RockSat-C
Built a robotic hand for surgical precision under rocket launch stress
Robotics
Aerospace
Know More
At 18, I joined the Minorities in Space Technology (M.I.S.T.) program. Our mission: design a robotic hand capable of performing incisions and sutures during the violent vibrations of rocket take-off and re-entry. It sounded impossible, which is exactly why I wanted in.
Best Rated Portfolio in the Market
At 18, I joined the Minorities in Space Technology (M.I.S.T.) program. Our mission: design a robotic hand capable of performing incisions and sutures during the violent vibrations of rocket take-off and re-entry. It sounded impossible, which is exactly why I wanted in.
Context
The Challenge
The idea was wild: a robotic hand that could pick up surgical tools, make a clean incision on synthetic skin, and stitch it back together, all while strapped into a payload enduring rocket-level vibration and heat. For us, the question wasn’t “is this realistic?” It was “can we prove it’s even possible?"
Build
Systems Under Stress
I led work on the computer vision + circuit integration subsystem. We gave the robot vision to detect incision start and end points, plus control logic to coordinate tool pickup and suture placement. Every part had to be designed with damping and redundancy to survive flight. It was less about elegance, more about building something that could function in chaos.
Takeaway
Engineering at the Edge
This project taught me what “minimum success criteria” really means. We weren’t chasing polish, we were proving feasibility under the harshest conditions. It sharpened my ability to strip ideas to first principles, test them under stress, and build systems that hold up when failure is the default.
More Works
©2024