Projects – Page 3 – Evan Boldt

Live Remote Control of Robot with Replaced Controller

I worked with another graduate student in mechanical engineering at NIU on a project to replace the controller of an old CRS robot. Each joint was controlled by an arduino, and the arduino’s were coordinated by a computer. The computer ran a python program which went joint position commands to Read more…

By Evan Boldt, 6 years2018-07-14 ago

Genetic Algorithm Linkage Designer

This is a system that can be used to design crank-rocker style linkages that follow a desired path. First the user designs a path by moving some points. Then an initial linkage design is set up. Once the optimization is started, a genetic algorithm performs a very intelligent, evolution-based version Read more…

By Evan Boldt, 6 years2018-07-08 ago

Inverted Pendulum PID Control Simulation

Inverted pendulums are a classic example used when teaching about PID controls. I built a physics simulation and PID controller in the browser. It uses RK4 integration for the physics for precision and efficiency. This simulation can be used to do hands-on teaching about PID controllers. Click here for the Read more…

By Evan Boldt, 6 years2018-07-08 ago

Quadrocopter Simulation With Neural Network Sorting

This is an in-browser real-time simulation of 2D quadrocopter physics and controls. It has many changable paramters. For the purposes of demonstration, this quadrocopter is tasked with sorting blocks based on colors. An artificial neural network is used to learn the pattern of what colors go where based on what Read more…

By Evan Boldt, 6 years2018-07-08 ago

Spread Ubuntu

SpreadUbuntu is a website that acts as a respository for editable marketing materials. The project was successful enough that I became an Ubuntu member with an @ubuntu.com email address and voting privileges. http://spreadubuntu.org

By Evan Boldt, 6 years2018-07-08 ago

Quadrocopter Design and Control – Master’s Thesis

My thesis on quadrocopters had a lot of unique ideas. One professor joked that it’s almost 3 thesis in one. The most apparent unique idea is using the landing legs to shroud the large, dangerous, and fragile propellers. There were many other unique ideas, like using a genetic algorithm to Read more…

By Evan Boldt, 6 years2018-07-08 ago

Project Progress Tracker

This is a web application that I made in my free time that helps a company to track open tasks, project documents and data, and assignments for projects, which can then be shared with the customer. It uses Semantic UI and Drupal 8.

By Evan Boldt, 6 years2018-07-05 ago

Robotic Controls

I made this website in Drupal 7 to share expertise on mechatronics. It is primarily Arduino and Raspberry Pi related things. It is now my most popular website based on all time usage statistics in Google Analytics. https://robotic-controls.com

By Evan Boldt, 6 years2018-07-05 ago

Daedalus Web File Manager

Daedalus is a PHP driven homebrew cloud solution for file storage and sharing.

By Evan Boldt, 6 years2018-07-03 ago

Cloud Edit

Cloud edit is a hosted platform that helps programmers on the go. At first it was meant for university students who are often using different computers and would like a way to collaborate and have access to their own projects from anywhere. The service uses HTML5 web storage to download Read more…

By Evan Boldt, 6 years2018-07-01 ago