Swarmbuddies
NarwhalEdu Swarmbuddies - formation demo
Our team
The NarwhalEdu team, with summer interns
- Nancy and Cappie are MIT Class of 2013 mechanical engineers and co-founders of NarwhalEdu.
- Will Kalb and June Kim are current MIT undergraduates helping us out over the summer.
- Will Long, Pablo Fiori, and Chris Aring are high school students hanging out with us over the summer making sweet apps, demos, and videos.
Demos
Point ‘n click
NarwhalEdu Swarmbuddies - Single robot interactive (point ‘n click) control,
demo programmed by our intern Will Kalb
Smartphone Control
NarwhalEdu Swarmbuddies - Smartphone Control (android), demo as programmed by me, and ported to iOS by Chris Aring.
Rectangle with overhead tracking feedback controller
NarwhalEdu Swarmbuddies - Single robot tracing out a rectangle, demo by Will
Kalb and Cappie Pomeroy.
Triangle with overhead tracking feedback controller
NarwhalEdu Swarmbuddies - Single robot tracing out a triangle. (Title is shaking
because video was stabilized). Demo by Will Kalb and Cappie Pomeroy.
Other Info
Kickstarter
Our kickstarter was a Staff Pick.
Swarmbuddy robots, with wireless control and RGB lighting
Electrical engineering
I designed and fabricated our boards in Diptrace, as well as wrote the firmware
I designed and fabricated the Atmega-based stepper control boards
Mechanical engineering
June Kim served as our mechanical engineer extraordinaire
Caps as designed by our intern June Kim
Diagram as made by our intern June Kim
Related Links
- Our kickstarter
- NarwhalEdu Swarmbuddies - Single robot interactive (point 'n click) control from nouyang on Vimeo
- NarwhalEdu Swarmbuddies - Smartphone Control from nouyang on Vimeo.
- NarwhalEdu Swarmbuddies - Single robot tracing out a rectangle from nouyang on Vimeo.
- NarwhalEdu Swarmbuddies – Two robots tracing out a triangle from nouyang on Vimeo.