Mobile Manipulation for the KUKA youBot Platform

This paper details the implementation of object manipulation and navigation capabilities for the KUKA youBot platform. Our system builds upon existing approaches taken from other robot platforms and the open source Robot Operating System, and extends these capabilities to the youBot, resulting in a system that can detect objects in its environment, navigate to them autonomously, and both pick up and place the objects with a simple user interface. This project is part of the larger Robot Autonomy and Interactive Learning Lab project to provide web-based control of the youBot to public users

HISTORICAL EVOLUTION OF SAMURAI ARMS AND ARMORS - JAPAN, 700 AD – 1880 AD

This project involved studying the forging methods and evolution of the katana through Japanese history, especially in relation to the Japanese Samurai. We studied the historical perspective that they came from within, from the birth of the samurai to their disbandment, and attempted to forge our own katana using traditional methods and materials. We added this information to a website as a part of a larger project to fill in this type of information across different cultures