Whether it’s creating a design for lightweight recreational kayaks, devices to help golfers control the speed of their putts, or scale models of wind turbines to evaluate new concepts, any number of exciting projects take place in Sears think[box] on any given day. Get to know a few of the latest featured projects to take root in our facility.
Philos-R
Social robots interact and communicate with humans by following social behaviors and rules attached to their roles. This friendly robot continues a line of research…
Steve (The Good Version)
Sidekicks Ohio helps encourage children facing serious illness or disability by turning them into superheroes through art! Steve (The Good Version) is the…
Thermostat 3D Topographic Map
Undergraduate mathematics and computer science major Brian Johnson and mathematics faculty member Silvia Saccon developed a set of in-class activities to help…
Krishna Sculpture
The government of Cambodia returned a sculptural fragment after 3D scans showed it fit a sculpture at the Cleveland Museum of Art. This collaboration between the…
Alula
The Alula phone case conveniently stores and dispenses daily birth control pills. Missed doses can reduce birth control’s effectiveness by as much as 8% per day so…
LED Festival Jackets
This pair of bluetooth enabled jackets feature more than 600 LEDs apiece and respond dynamically to the proximity of the other jacket in one of four lighting…
Autonomous Welder
The AW-1 by Path Robotics is an autonomous robotic welder. It uses proprietary image processing techniques to automatically find and weld seams. There is no…
CrystalE - Energy Harvesting Sensor Network
This innovation in hassle-free building sensor networks will allow facilities to implement HVAC and other sensor networks without the up-front cost of wired sensor…
Swarmbots
Built by Chuanqi Zheng, Yang Lui, John Wylie, and Alan Waterhouse, this Distributed Intelligence and Robotics Laboratory research project allows students to study…
AIMbot
AIMbot (Automated Inventory Management Robot) is designed to autonomously store and retrieve packages inside of a warehouse. It features an omnidirectional mecanum…