Mechatronics Projects

I used to work on many mechatronics related projects for classes as well as personal projects. Unfortunately, I haven’t been able to work on new ones since I joined my Master’s, but I would be really glad to work again with mechatronics.

Megumi - Face Recognition System for smartTVs - Envision (TPV), Manaus, Brazil (2013-2014)

• Creators: Erica K. Shimomoto, Ruan Belém (supervisor)
• Face Recognition System for Televisions, developed using C++ and Python.

BoatCar - Amphibious RF Controlled Vehicle - University of California, Berkeley, USA (2012)

• Creators: Erica K. Shimomoto, Jesse Adam Machado, Dennis Manhart, Tony Lei and Xianhan Liu
• 1:5 RF Controlled vehicle that could move from water to ground and vice versa. Final project for the ME102B course of the Unversity of California at Berkeley, Fall 2012.
• Video: YouTube

JigSaw - University of California, Berkeley, USA (2012)

• Creators: Erica K. Shimomoto, Thomas Yun
• Robotic Arm capable of solving jigsaw puzzles, guided by a vision system (control and vision systems developed in Matlab). Final project for the EE125 course of the University of California at Berkeley, Fall 2012.
• Video: YouTube

Virtual Laboratory for Physics Teaching, Amazonas State University, Manaus, Brazil (2009-2012)

• Creators: Erica K. Shimomoto, José Luiz Nunes de Mello (supervisor)
• Virtual Laboratory for Physics Teaching, simulating experiments with gas and collisions, developed using Java language.

JALLE’S - Palletizer Automaton Arm, Fundação Nokia de Ensino, Manaus, Brazil (2008)

• Creators: Erica K. Shimomoto, Adria Brito, Laion Nogueira, Luma Pantoja, Leandro Forte (supervisor)
• Palletizer Automaton Arm. Separates objects into different pallets based on the object color, guided by a vision system (developed in C). Final project for the technical course in Mechatronics at Fundação Nokia de Ensino.
• Video (Warning: Really cringe early 2010 editing!): YouTube