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ISEF · 2024
Robotics and Intelligent Machines
Every year in the U.S., millions of cats and dogs go missing, but only a few are reunited with their owners. To address this issue, our study proposes a deep learning approach for matching l…
ISEF · 2024
Robotics and Intelligent Machines
Deep neural networks are used in the medical industry as tools to diagnose skin cancer from photographic images and detect the severity of diabetic retinopathy. Alongside these steps in medi…
ISEF · 2024
Robotics and Intelligent Machines Third Award
Current commercial and research-grade prosthetics lack fine motor movements and have limited degrees of freedom. These functional limitations force the amputee to compensate, which causes ot…
ISEF · 2024
Robotics and Intelligent Machines
With over 150,000 new amputees each year, the need for more affordable, fully functional prosthetics continues to grow. The aim of this project is to create a cost-effective prosthetic hand…
ISEF · 2024
Robotics and Intelligent Machines
Machine learning is a rapidly growing field, making incredible advances especially in the subfields of computer vision and image classification. These advances are in part what allow for inn…
ISEF · 2024
Robotics and Intelligent Machines
Bionic soft robot is an important branch in the field of robotics, allowing robots to use effective mechanical structure to maneuver in complex conditions. Among them, water surface robots w…
ISEF · 2024
Robotics and Intelligent Machines
The existing Go AI System assumes players operate at the highest level, presenting analyses often inaccessible to most enthusiasts. This study addresses this gap by proposing novel estimatio…
ISEF · 2024
Robotics and Intelligent Machines
Genetic Algorithms mimic evolution of a species in nature, where each generation is made up of a population of chromosomes, which, through crossover and mutation, evolve increasingly fit off…
ISEF · 2024
Robotics and Intelligent Machines
This study aims to use machine learning to develop a more precise waste identification process than humans. We first observed the amount and type of contents in trash and recycling bins arou…
ISEF · 2024
Robotics and Intelligent Machines
When moving autonomously, robots struggle to move to an exact target position, usually overshooting the goal. This is because it is impossible to infinitely decelerate (or stop immediately).…
ISEF · 2024
Robotics and Intelligent Machines
Throughout the past decades, traffic jams during rush hour and other peak times of the day have been a significant issue, causing a considerable amount of financial losses and time costs. Ad…
ISEF · 2024
Robotics and Intelligent Machines
Asian bush honeysuckle is a common invasive species of plant in the midwestern United States. It damages native ecosystems and requires significant time and manpower to treat. This project u…
ISEF · 2024
Robotics and Intelligent Machines Third Award
In recent years, multi-agent systems have become increasingly more prominent in robotics, factories, and space exploration. This brought up a new class of control theory problems usually ver…
ISEF · 2024
Robotics and Intelligent Machines
Search and rescue missions demand as much manpower as possible in order to locate lost or injured individuals in time to save them. This project aims to reduce this search time by increasing…
ISEF · 2024
Robotics and Intelligent Machines
This study focuses on the fundamental aspects of LLMs (Large Language Models) such as GPT, Bard, Llama 2, Claude, and more, particularly their inherent biases. These models, some engaging ov…
ISEF · 2024
Robotics and Intelligent Machines Second Award
Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is the leading cause of death in the United States. However, early detection can prevent up to 80% of associated fatalities. 12-lead Electrocardiograms (ECGs) ar…
ISEF · 2024
Robotics and Intelligent Machines
Riding a bike is a carbon-efficient mode of transportation and a positive way to maintain fitness. However, the inherent difference in speed and size between cars and bikes makes it dangerou…
ISEF · 2024
Robotics and Intelligent Machines
This paper presents an approach to utilizing Large Language Models (LLMs) for the control and coordination of robotic swarms. It explores how LLMs can improve the efficiency of swarm robotic…
ISEF · 2024
Robotics and Intelligent Machines
Controlling a prosthetic hand is cognitively demanding and up to 44% of upper-limb amputees abandon their prosthesis. There is a need for prosthetic control strategies that are more intuitiv…
ISEF · 2024
Robotics and Intelligent Machines
Brain-computer interface (BCI) enables direct communication between the brain and external devices, with applications ranging from the rehabilitation of motor disabilities to enhance human-c…
ISEF · 2024
Robotics and Intelligent Machines
Animal populations worldwide are rapidly declining, and a low-cost, efficient technology that can accurately count endangered species could be vital for monitoring population changes over ma…
ISEF · 2024
Robotics and Intelligent Machines
Within forest ecosystems, there is a need to collect real-time data on insect outbreaks, disease outbreaks, wildfires, pollution, and climate change impacts. Engineers have used systems, suc…
ISEF · 2024
Robotics and Intelligent Machines Second Award
General purpose humanoid robots have long been envisioned for a plethora of applications such as disaster relief, industrial automation, agriculture, or elderly assistance. A humanoid form f…
ISEF · 2024
Robotics and Intelligent Machines
Coral reefs, hosting over 25% of all marine species on less than 1% of the ocean floor, are bleaching and dying due to the increased thermal variations caused by climate change. Among the su…
ISEF · 2024
Robotics and Intelligent Machines
Approximately 537 million adults (of 20-79 years) around the world are living with diabetes. It is estimated that 30% of diabetes patients end up developing some type of diabetic retinopathy…
ISEF · 2024
Robotics and Intelligent Machines
Smoke develops in the early stages of a wildfire and is vital to early prevention, but a new detection method is needed because smoke tends to be challenging to spot. This study used an imag…
ISEF · 2024
Robotics and Intelligent Machines
Once Einstein said that "If the bee disappeared off the face of the Earth, man would only have four years left to live." Even though beekeepers are facing problems with preserving the colony…
ISEF · 2024
Robotics and Intelligent Machines
The 113 billion dollars of damages from Hurricane Ian prompted two needs: rapid first response and efficient reconstruction. However, first-response efforts were prolonged by the lack of eff…
ISEF · 2024
Robotics and Intelligent Machines Second Award
Every year, six million people die from cardiac arrest in the world with 436,000 victims in the United States alone. This problem is made worse because, in many counties, more than 50% of pe…
ISEF · 2024
Robotics and Intelligent Machines First Award
The primary aim of this project is to design and implement a robotic swarm controller capable of path planning and task allocation, performing diverse assignments in a dynamic environment. A…