Lars Paulsen

I am a Master's student in Mechanical Engineering at UC San Diego, where I am advised by Prof. Xiaolong Wang on improving teleoperation methods and user control.

My bachelor's degree is in Mechanical Engineering from UC Irvine. There, I worked with Prof. Camilo Velez Cuervo on novel methods of 3D printing magnetic materials.

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Research

I want to develop robots as dexterous as humans and improve their performance in highly dynamic environments.

A new, low-cost, low-complexity teleoperation system with a novel force-feedback controller.

Using ego-centric human demonstrations as cross-embodiment training data for robot learning.

A novel device for orienting magnetic fields during 3D printing.

Other Projects

Here are some of my other projects borne out of personal interests and classwork.

A mechanical golf ball launcher with built-in trajectory generator and integrated arming and launching mechanisms.

An industry-sized robot challenge where I led CAD, design meetings, and manufacturing for three years.

I modeled a Starcraft II SCV in Solidworks as a class final project, which included its tapered, helically threaded drill.

A robot driven by a pneumatic piston for navigating mazes using dead reckoning.

A miniature track robot for inspecting vent interiors.

A novel electrothermally actuated microgripper for isolationg pharmaceutical microcapsules.

Steering and braking systems for a solar powered racecar.

I designed and constructed a glove insert under the guidance of local doctors for an amputee to play softball.

I designed and constructed bird splints and a pool ramp for recovering animals at a wildlife rehabilitation center.

Miscellaneous

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