hi, i'm
phoebe luo
i like robots, birds, and using exclamation points excessively!!
I'm studying Mechatronics Engineering @ the University of Waterloo!!
As someone who loves participating (and winning!) many hackathons, I've gained significant experience with developing products from ideation to the minimum viable product. I LOVE making things that have never existed before. I'm a literal full-stack developer, from the brainstorming, rapid prototyping, iterative design, CAD, manufacturing, wiring, programming, testing, to pitching the final product, I do it all.
I hope to put my skillset to good use, ideally in a job working with hardware, software, and electrical integration. Projects that combine these elements are where my skills shine best :)
Here are my projects and initiatives!! Click to learn more about any of these!
I have been avidly involved in FRC! I was mostly focused on programming the robot using Java. I created autonomous routines, tuned control systems and PID feedback loops, and worked with computer vision. I also used Autodesk Inventor CAD software to design the robot the drivetrain for FRC 1241's 2020 robot including the chassis and gear boxes.
Braille-iant is the world's cheapest braille printer, costing less than 15$. I used Autodesk Inventor to design the puncher mechanisms as well as handled all 3D printing, slicing all models using Cura and printing on my Ender 5. I used C++ and the Arduino IDE to program the stepper and servo motors, taking serial inputs and converting it into desired movements. Braille-ant won Best Hardware Hack at TOHacks 2021.
In my free time, I designed a 5 DOF robot arm from scratch using Inventor and independently printed, assembled, and integrated it with electrical and hardware components. I'm currently working on the arm software, using a Raspberry Pi to control the arm using the GPIO pins and a camera module to implement computer vision functionality.
Created a mask to shoot anti-makers in the user's vicinity by using computer vision, a point lidar, and a flywheel propelled dart shooter, winning 2nd place at MakeUofT out of 180+ participants. I wrote implementation firmware in C++ for the Raspberry Pi Zero to control a point lidar and DC motors, interfacing it with a camera module for facial detection using OpenCV libraries
The copy-cast is an exoskeleton that controls the wearers hands based off another person’s hand through computer vision and live gesture tracking, implemented with OpenCV and MediaPipe. The finger positions are determined and converted to angles that get sent to the servo motors that move the exoskeleton accordingly.
We automated the dumpling making process with our newest invention, the Dumpling Bot 9000. I used CAD software, 3D-printing, as well as machining skills to create the lazy susan mechanism and the dumpling clamper. A good deal of C++ as well as electrical skills were needed for this giant project. Dumpling Dynamics was 1 of 17 finalists out of 477 teams at Hack the North, Canada's largest hackathon.
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