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0043_FI.pdfTRUSSES – A multi-robot collaborative experimental platform (ISER 2025)
TRUSSES – A multi-robot collaborative experimental platform (ISER 2025)
TL;DR: TRUSSES is a heterogeneous multi-robot testbed developed under NASA LuSTR to study how wheeled and legged robots can dock and physically assist each other to improve mobility and resilience in lunar-regolith-like terrain. The paper demonstrates collaborative maneuvers (e.g., assisted slope climbing) enabled by Spiral Zipper actuation and docking hardware.
My contribution:
Contributed to TRUSSES hardware development and integration—supporting the multi-robot collaboration stack and the inclusion of the 2×RHex platform within the experimental system.
Results: Assistive maneuvers increased the rover’s climb distance in controlled environments, highlighting where cooperation helps—and where sand/regolith complexity still dominates failure modes.
Design and Analysis of an Internal Gas Turbine for the Centrifugal Nuclear Thermal Rocket (CNTR).pdfDesign and Analysis of an Internal Gas Turbine for the CNTR (NETS 2025)
Design and Analysis of an Internal Gas Turbine for the CNTR (NETS 2025)
TL;DR: Designed and validated an axial-flow turbine for the Centrifugal Nuclear Thermal Rocket concept, using CFD-driven iteration plus wind-tunnel and lab testing to achieve stable operation in the target 5000–7000 RPM regime. The work focuses on meeting geometric constraints, improving rotor–stator performance, and confirming feasibility of achieving desired turbine performance metrics for Mars exploration.
My contribution:
Worked on turbine design/analysis and experimental validation, including CFD-informed geometry it
Results: Designed and experimentally validated an axial-flow turbine for the CNTR concept, achieving operation in the 5,000–7,000 RPM regime (measured up to ~6,700 RPM) and confirming stable flow behavior through CFD + wind tunnel/lab testing.
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