Christopher Evagora

My time as an MEng student with the MIT Biomimetics lab has been very focused on understanding the design of battery packs for legged robots. The implementation of batteries in highly dynamic robots is distinctly different from traditional battery use cases such as in electric vehicles.

Making my own three phase motor controller is something I’ve been wanting to do for a long time. I would say this project is the culmination of my education as an EE at MIT.

Did you know that all objects emit black body radiation? Did you know the highest frequency typically emitted on Earth is LWIR (Long Wave Infrared)?

The DOOM SLED (version 2) was designed for icy wastelands, geared for top end speed, and gifted the power of around 9 electrical horses. Steered using the soles of your feet and incorporating a diabolically sized rear tire.

For my final project for 6.4212, Robotic Manipulation, I was in charge of implementing an operation space controller for the Kuka IIWA, a 7 DOF robot arm, which included a null space controller. The project was done in Drake.

Terry is a 6 DOF spherical robot arm that is capable of visiting any position and orientation in space within the arm’s reach.

Something I’ve done as a research assistant at the Biomimetics Lab at MIT is help design the new revision of the spine board used in all the robots at the lab.

I made a CNC router back in high school that I have since made some upgrades to.

Starting with an eBay mountain bike frame, I have made heavy modifications to fit a very large 5kW peak drone motor donated to my project by MITERS.

During my time as battery lead for MIT Motorsports, I was in charge of the design, manufacturing, and assembly of the main car battery.