Hand of ROS
Remember those claw machines at arcades? I basically built one that drives itself around. It's a robotic arm on a Roomba that competes with other bots to grab prizes. Used fancy tech like SLAM and stereo vision, but honestly, watching it navigate is like watching a very determined robot vacuum with ambitions.
PyROS - The Firefighting Bot
Built an autonomous firefighting robot because, well, robots putting out fires is just cool. It uses cameras and sensors to find and extinguish flames. No actual fires were harmed in the making of this project (we used candles).
xDCTCP - Making Data Centers Faster
Created a congestion control protocol that's like a traffic controller for data centers. It figures out which data packets are in a hurry (short flows) and which ones can wait (long flows). Think of it as an express lane for your important emails while your Netflix download takes the scenic route.