Over the last 13 weeks, the class for which I started this blog, ENP-162, has covered a whirlwind of topics under the broad umbrella of...

Where I live, outside Boston, Massachusetts, there are a large number of relatively narrow streets, even out well into the suburbs. ...

If you live in a place with roads, especially in a place with roads and where the ground freezes, you've probably experienced a road with...

I do not live in a Smart Home. It's a rental built in the mid-90s and has never been renovated, so it has none of the charm of a...

Robots in 2021 are really terrible at Human Things. Really, really terrible. Partly, this is because humans are outrageously complicated,...

SLAM, Sensor Fusion, Big Data and Lost Robots "Everyone" knows that, if you want to get around, GPS(1) is how you know where you are,...

Just before the pandemic started, my church needed a new organ. We raised money, adjusted the budget, discussed the options, and decided...

In space, it’s very important not to run into anything. This sounds obvious, but it’s worse than you think. Because it can cost thousands...

If you're not already familiar with the incredible Heather Cox Richardson's Letters from an American blog/mailing list, and you have any...

Hello everyone! Welcome to my professional/portfolio blog. I am a first-year Masters student at Tufts University, in the Mechanical...