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Industry 4.0 mobile manipulator
MEng capstone · Scoped with Walkers
A Universal Robots UR-10 arm on an Omron LD250 autonomous base, in a custom frame enclosing the power systems and controller, with a SmartShift tool changer for swapping end effectors. Scoped with a senior automation director around the real workflow of a Leicester crisp factory — reloading seasoning, palletising cases, and leak-detection over the fryers. Designed in Fusion 360 and physically integrated; pick-and-place validated on a conveyor rig.
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Humanoid robotics
PepsiCo · Unitree H1-2 & G1
Use-case programming on humanoid platforms: training neural policies for legged control and working the sim-to-real gap on real hardware, where a controller that behaves in simulation comes apart against a real actuator. Actuator identification, and the failure modes that only appear once a controller leaves simulation.
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Laparoscopic surgery trainer
Project manager · 8-month build
Project manager on an eight-month build of a next-generation trainer: a compliant robotic mechanism designed and programmed to give surgeons realistic force feedback during practice.
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Autonomous palletising robots
Industrial automation
Designed autonomous mobile robots for industrial palletising, moving packed cases through a working production environment.
Website under construction — it will be updated with images and videos of my projects by the end of August 2026.
