Hi, I'm Elliot

I’m currently a robotics MSc student at the University of Manchester. I’m interested in the control of robots in new and interesting ways, specifically how pure mathematical techniques can be applied to real world autonomous systems. I have a broad range of both practical and academic skills and am deeply enthusiastic about autonomous robotic control both in theory and application. My long term goal is to become an academic.

I’m currently reading about: quaternions.

Skills Projects Academic portfolio Contact

Skills

Below are the range of tools and technologies I am proficient with.

ROS2

MATLAB

C++

Jupyter

Onshape

PlatformIO

Arduino

VS:Code

Projects

AAS CanSat competition 2024

Manchester Satellite development Group

This is an ongoing student lead project involving the creation of can-sized satellites (or CanSat for short). From September 2023 to July 2024 I worked as a software and sensors engineer for Manchester Satellite Development Group’s international team. Because of this work, we were invited to attend the American Astronautical Society’s (AAS) competition located in Virginia. We attended and competed in this competition, having our CanSat launched and deploy successfully. I am currently the electrical lead for this years AAS team and am working hard to help us attended the competition again this year.

Skills involved: Embedded programing, Control, Sensors, Teamwork

Automatic Swabbing System

Optimsing Control for Robotic Swabbing

This was a summer internship at the University of Manchester which involved the creation of an testing device and related firmware for different proposed end effectors of an automatic swabbing system. This work, supervised by Dr XiaoXiao Cheng and based on the work by Dr Thomas Johnson, required work in MATLAB, Python, and Onshape. It also required working with Intel Real-sense cameras and Zaber linear actuators. It has given me a good mind for the practical implementation of autonomous systems.

Skills involved: Embedded programing, 3D modelling CAD, Control, Sensors

Tactile feedback test rig

Investigating tactile illusions for haptic feedback

This was my 3rd year dissertation project for my undergraduate degree. In involved the investigation of potential low-cost haptic feedback methods. The method investigated in particular was that of tactile illusions. Testing setups and methodologies were created, user studies were carried out, and statistical methods applied to the results. The full report for this project can be found in the academic portfolio below.

Skills involved: Test design, Statistical analysis, Research, Academic writing

ESP buggy

Embedded Systems Project

This was a 2nd year project in my undergraduate degree. It involved creating an line following buggy which would be raced in a time trial style competition with other buggys. I worked in a group of 4 which worked together and eventually won this race, being presented with an award for this achievement at the end.

Skills involved: Embedded programming, Teamwork, Project management

Academic portfolio

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3rd year undergraduate dissertation Academic CV

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Those listed below are a mix of teaching material style content as well as short conference style videos.

Contact

If you have any questions, would like to reach out for opportunities, or would simply like a chat. Please feel free to contact me using the links at the top of the page or this quick form. I can’t wait to hear from you.