Theo Coulson

Robotics Engineer

Hold this pen, will you?

The first 2 weeks of the Masters of Science in Robotics program at Northwestern University are an extended orientation-hackathon, the ultimate portion of which is to use a Realsense camera and Interbotix px-100 arm to pick up a pen held… Continue Reading →

From-scratch autopilot for an rc airplane

In January of 2023, my friend Max Mueggler and I built an autopilot for a large model airplane we designed and built from foamboard the previous year for Oberlin College’s winter term program. The autopilot was written in c++ and… Continue Reading →

A* Demo in Processing

Pathfinding has been with us for a very long time. From Marco Polo to Christopher Columbus, the adventures and misadventures of getting from one place to another have been turning points in history. As it turns out, being able to… Continue Reading →

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