Everything I build is driven by the long-term goal of sending robots everywhere in the Universe to explore. 2025 - present Open Ant — Robot for RL Research A robot platform for reinforcement learning research, developed at Openmind Research Institute Learning Introspective Control Continual learning algorithms for controlling a robot crane at NASA JPL Bipedal Walking Robot A bipedal walking robot built from scratch with my husband — no propellers, just legs, designed to go hiking 2021 - 2024 MAGICVFM — Meta-Learning with Vision Foundation Models Meta-learning adaptation for ground interaction control using visual foundation models (IEEE Transactions on Robotics) Learning on a Spacecraft Demonstrated semantic segmentation and closed-loop attitude control running on a spacecraft in low Earth orbit Leonardo — Bipedal Walking Robot A bipedal robot that can fly, slackline, and skateboard (Science Robotics, 3.8M+ views) 2018 - 2020 Spacecraft Robotic Simulators Hardware, control, and vision-based navigation for free-floating spacecraft simulators at Caltech ARCL Electromagnetic Docking System Ultra-soft spacecraft docking using electromagnets and reaction wheels — Caltech Master's Thesis Autonomous Balloon Payload High-altitude weather balloon experiment testing subsystems for a future autonomous glider — reached 28,600 m altitude Autonomous Flying Ambulance Flying Ambulance Designs for Caltech 2015 - 2017 Spaceport America Cup Led the first Swiss team to rank 8th out of 83 teams in an international rocket competition CanSat Competition Designed and built a passive glider and data acquisition PCBs deployed from a rocket — TenderFoot Award winners - 2015 - 2016 2009 - 2014 NASA Lunabotics Mining Competition Designed and built a remote-controlled robot to dig simulated lunar regolith — tested at Kennedy Space Center CuBalance — Reaction Wheel Inverted Pendulum Bachelor's thesis — modeled and built a reaction wheel inverted pendulum and developed two controllers for it NASA Great Moonbuggy Race Moonbuggy Race REXUS/BEXUS Space Experiment LASER melting of metals in microgravity on a sounding rocket at 90 km altitude (ESA/DLR/SNSB)
