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16-281 Labs



The following links will take you to information on each of the labs. Note that these pages will be updated throughout the semester.

Read the philosophy behind the labs to find out more about the labs in general.

NOTE: You can view labs before they are assigned, but they are subject to change.


Name
Lead TAs
Lab 1 : Rube Goldberg Machine AJ Abels
Daniel Lin
Ailen Bellver Eymann
Lab 2 : Vision Alan Ramirez
Chenjia Fan
Lab 3 : Line Following and Odometry Ailen Bellver Eymann
Daniel Lin
Ishaan Verma
Lab 4 : Controls
Kenji Tella
Rahul Dube
Lab 5 : Path Planning Kenji Tella
Varun Sureka
Omar Aldhaher
Lab 6 : Localization Alan Ramirez
Chenjia Fan
Sachet Korada
Lab 7 : Remote Control (USAR)
Varun Sureka
AJ Abels
Jack Hurewitz
Sachet Korada
Lab 8 : Wheel Free
Anson Li
Ishaan Verma
Rahul Dube
Lab 9 : Inverse Kinematics
Anson Li
Jack Hurewitz
Omar Aldhaher
Lab 10 : Student-Defined Lab
TBD: Maybe you?


Previous student defined labs

Lab
Year

NXT Labs

Castle Catapult 2019
Robot Sumo 2018
Basketball 2017
Fork Lift 2016
April Tag Tag 2015
Robot Shootout 2014
Stairmaster 2013
Robot Sumo 2012
RoboPong 2011
Gold Mine 2010
Robot Exchange 2009

Handyboard Labs

Football Challenge 2007
RoboJoust 2006
Robot Sort 2005
Poison Ball 2004

Video Demos

Student Defined Lab 2011: RoboPong:

Additional Information:

Last updated 1/10/2026 by Jack Hurewitz
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