Alex Dickhans
I am a High School Senior passionate about pushing the boundaries of Engineering, Robotics, and Computer Science
Contact me!I Make Robots Move
Both in research at CU Boulder's HIRO Group and the VEX Robotics Competition, I focus on making robots interact with their environment in more effective ways
Bottom: Over Under Robot following on a Quadratic spline profile.
Upper Left: Telemetry Radio designed, programmed and tested by me.
Right: Path Planner application for VEX Robotics.
I Design Sensors
As a part of my research in the HIRO Group, I design, fabricate and characterize innovative 3D-printed and molded tactile sensors.
Top Left: Silicone mutual capacitance matrix CAD model
Left: Flexible PCB over-mold based mutual capacitance matrix
Right: Fully 3D-Printable mutual capacitance matrix CAD model
I Contribute to Open-Source
I have numerous open source projects hosted on my GitHub(@alexDickhans). An example of one of my recent open source projects is command based PROS, a VEX robotics library to elevate the community of VEX tele-op and autonomous programming.
Upper Left: 3D Printable Spool Holder for small 3D printers.
Left: Open-Source Flight PCB for small-scale esoteric multirotors(3d visualization coming soon).
Right: Live Documentation for command based PROS.