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A collection of some projects I worked on

2025-2026

Balance Bot

Balance Bot

This project started around mid 2025. An inverted pendulum or balance bot would be cool to work on.

I added some actuating legs that could extend and change height independently, to add some more dynamic capabilities.

I also added a 2-axis head and a face for personality.

Balance bot with actuating legs
Balance bot balancingBalance bot with animated face

Upcoming upgrades:

  • Custom PCB
  • BLDC Motors
  • Stronger or more compact servos
2025-2026

Micromouse

Micromouse

Stuart the Micromouse was created following the IEEE Micromouse Competition rules, built for a capstone project. It traverses a (sized down) 8x8 physical maze to find the shortest path to the center. It is a mixture of Embedded, PCB design, controls systems, shortest path algorithms, and reinforcement learning.

The capstone project achieved IEEE Winnipeg Section 1st Place Prize.

2026

SumoBot

UMIEEE SumoBot

UMIEEE/UMRT Sumobot competed in the 2026 RoboWars Competition hosted by IEEE Concordia in Montreal, QB.

The SumoBot uses a mixture of IR sensors at underneath the scoop and in front to identify the sumo ring as well as track the opponent sumobot.

The microcontroller was an ESP32-S3 which was able to control the motor drivers and read the sensors on two different cores for optimal computing.

UMIEEE was able to qualify for the final tournament and finished in the top 12 of about 23 teams.

2025

CRT Audio Visualizer

Project

ESP32, 13” CRT Display, Audio Signal Analysis

2025-2026

UMIEEE

UMIEEE Projects and Contribution

  • UMIEEE New Website: https://umieee.ca/

UMake

  • UMIEEE: UMake Website: https://umake.umieee.ca/
2025

UMRT RC Outreach Robot

Project

University of Manitoba Robotics Team (UMRT), ESP32

2024

Portfolio Website

Project

This website!!!

2023

Arduino Desk LED Driver

Project

2023

CassettifyMixtape

Project

View your top tracks on a cassette

2023

[UMRT] Website

Project

University of Manitoba Robotics Team (UMRT), ESP32

2022

12 Key Macropad

Project

KiCad, PCB Manufacturing

2021

Desk Macropad

Project

2021

Arduino Gameboi

Project

3D printed game console

2021

Chimp Want Banana (Game Jam)

Project

Brackeys Game Jam 2021.1

https://alphaq.itch.io/chimp-want-banana

2020

Bodyguard (Game Jam)

Project

Ludum Dare 46 Game Jam

https://alphaq.itch.io/bodyguard-ld46

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