Nick McGill

Robotics Engineer

Titan Arm

A Powered, Upper Body Exoskeleton

Titan is a medical device aimed at aiding and empowering those with upper body impairments, as well as preventing injuries in the workplace.

Tracheal Aire

Customizable, 3D Printable Intubating Airway

Tracheal Aire is a web-based modeling program for customizing an intubating airway based on CT scan or MRI data of a patient.

Face Morphing

Computer Vision Project

After manual selection of keypoints, two images are moprhed into each other by generating intermediate frames.

Canny Edge Detector

Computer Vision Project

Matlab scripting that identifies the edges within an image and outputs a binary image file.

Automatic Logo Detection

Computer Vision Project

A program that automatically detects a given logo based on feature points and characteristics using SIFT.

Kinepeutics

Physical Therapy in the Home

Kinepeutics aims to make physical therapy both accessible in the home at low cost and incentive-driven through data from a Microsoft Kinect.

Social Sign

Handing communication to you.

A proof-of-concept sign language translator, Social Sign uses the Leap Motion device to teach a new way of thinking and talking.

Dormitron

Your stress-free keyless entry.

Built for a month-long class project, Dormitron leverages RFID technology to actuate a deadbolt, keeping your friends in the loop.

Robockey

Autonomous robotic hockey

A final project, completed in four weeks, surrounding a competitive robotic hockey tournament.

Robocup

Soccer playing robots

Robocup is an international competition that pushes the limits of existing autonomous robotic technology.

Balance Bot

A solution to unstable robots

For a graduate level mechatronics course, this was a balancing robot that used control algorithms to manage the forces of gravity and stand up straight.

BadApples

48-hour Programming Competitions

With a talented team, I have programmed in PennApps, the world's biggest and most well-known hackathon, for a number of years.

Stirling Engine

Custom machined heat engine

Through the course of one semester, I designed, milled, and lathed components to build a heat engine.