{"id":39,"date":"2022-08-14T07:37:32","date_gmt":"2022-08-14T07:37:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/louis.rotech.nz\/?page_id=39"},"modified":"2025-09-19T11:51:55","modified_gmt":"2025-09-19T11:51:55","slug":"main-page","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/louis.rotech.nz\/","title":{"rendered":"Hi, I’m Louis"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Welcome to my website! I am an aspiring mechatronics engineer that strives to push the boundaries of robotics and technology. Here, you can find details about some projects I have worked on in the past.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Self-Balancing Robot<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

A self-balancing robot using a PID algorithm and IMU sensor data readings to maintain a level angle with the ground. P, I and D gains were tuned iteratively to ensure quick<\/em> and minimal overshoot<\/em> robot angular target tracking and response.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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3D Printed Functional Drone Project<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Involved designing, modelling, part sourcing, building, testing and iterating of the 3D printed drone, resulting in a unique, functional and easily reparable UAV.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Electric Powered Penny Skateboard<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Designed a 3D printed mount to attach an electric motor onto a penny skateboard. Designed a custom radio controller to control the skateboard while riding.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Screwdriving Fully-Actuated UAV<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Designed and built a novel screwdriving actuator mechanism to attach to a fully-actuated screwdriving UAV. Wrote, published and presented a conference paper for 2024 ACRA, and wrote and published another for 2025 ICUAS.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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University Projects<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Encompassing a wide range of mechatronic concepts and topics, some of my most notable university projects range from coding robotic hardware to perform specific tasks, to teaching an agent to play games using reinforcement learning.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Functional 3D Prints<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Functional 3D printed objects I have made.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Scratch Projects<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Take a look at some fun and buggy Scratch games I made from 2016!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Welcome to my website! I am an aspiring mechatronics engineer that strives to push the boundaries of robotics and technology. Here, you can find details about some projects I have worked on in the past. Self-Balancing Robot A self-balancing robot using a PID algorithm and IMU sensor data readings to maintain a level angle with […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-39","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/louis.rotech.nz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/39","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/louis.rotech.nz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/louis.rotech.nz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/louis.rotech.nz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/louis.rotech.nz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=39"}],"version-history":[{"count":21,"href":"https:\/\/louis.rotech.nz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/39\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":112,"href":"https:\/\/louis.rotech.nz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/39\/revisions\/112"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/louis.rotech.nz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=39"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}