A good Robotics project for an Engineering Physics undergrad

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A suitable robotics project for an Engineering Physics undergrad should integrate physics principles while focusing on robotics. Suggested areas include electroactive polymers for artificial muscles, fiber optic sensors, and haptic feedback using electromagnetic levitation. Engaging in competitions like College First Robotics or IEEE events can provide practical experience and enhance learning. Collaborating with local faculty may also offer valuable guidance and resources. Pursuing these ideas can satisfy both personal interests in robotics and academic requirements in physics.
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I've beeen searching over and over the internet to figure out what would be a good robotics project, but with a strong relation with physics. Please don't argue that everything in the universe is physics, i agree absolutely, but my colleagues in Engineering Physics are doing projects related to nanotech, quantum mech, photonics and all those super-named areas you usually come across.
But since I want to pursue robotics, I want my project to be basically in robo, while satisfying my physics profs as well, :/

If any of you have some good ideas, please help me.. For a start, these were some of the areas i considered : Electroactive polymers for artificial muscles, sensors based on fiber optics, haptics using electromagnetic levitation.
 
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What do you have experience doing already in robotics and what do your physics profs require?
 
Hello, if you can find a College First Robotics program in your area, you may be able to participate with the help of your local faculty: http://www.usfirst.org/roboticsprograms/frc
 
coolgvj said:
I've beeen searching over and over the internet to figure out what would be a good robotics project, but with a strong relation with physics. Please don't argue that everything in the universe is physics, i agree absolutely, but my colleagues in Engineering Physics are doing projects related to nanotech, quantum mech, photonics and all those super-named areas you usually come across.
But since I want to pursue robotics, I want my project to be basically in robo, while satisfying my physics profs as well, :/

If any of you have some good ideas, please help me.. For a start, these were some of the areas i considered : Electroactive polymers for artificial muscles, sensors based on fiber optics, haptics using electromagnetic levitation.

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Try IEEE competitions.

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