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About me
I'm Will C. Forte, a mechanical engineering student and undergraduate researcher.
Since high school, I've been learning the mechanical, electrical, CS, and mathematical principles of robotic systems. The interdisciplinary nature of the field is a great motivator—you can apply almost anything!
Contact Me
If you'd like to discuss any of my projects or just say hello, please contact me at willcforte@gmail.com. I'm very open to research opportunities and collaboration.
Experience
Research Intern, Rutgers Robotics, Automation, & Mechatronics Lab
October 2024 - Present
- Conducted literature review on approximating regions of attraction of high-dim. dynamical systems.
- Designed and fabricated the first all-metal chassis for Rutgers’ two-legged robot.
- Reproduced CMU Lidar-based ROS SLAM stack for autonomous quadruped exploration & obstacle avoidance.
Research Intern, Rutgers Advanced Controls Lab
June 2024 - October 2024
- Developed low-level quadcopter control architecture in ROS for PX4-MAVROS-Gazebo SITL simulator.
- Created C++ PX4 library with CMake for controlling servos on a tiltrotor quadcopter.
- Self-studied HKUST ELEC5660 course on UAV control theory; assembled UAV platforms.
Research Intern, NJIT Swissler Innovative Robotics Lab
June 2023 - June 2024
- Developed a robotic arm simulation in MuJoCo (Python) using Jacobian inverse kinematics.
- Programmed ESP32 microcontrollers with ESP-IDF (C++) to run onboard computer vision (OpenCV).
Rutgers Univ.—New Brunswick, projected '27
B.S. Mechanical Engineering
Minor in Mathematics
Engineering Honors Academy Scholar
Academy for Math, Science, & Eng., c.o. '24
High School Dipolma
4-Year CAD/Engineering Curriculum
Adv. Robotics Independent Study Program
About GTWeb
My website GTWeb started as a log for my senior-year high school robotics program. Now, it's a platform to share my passions and work on fun projects.
Tech Stack
I'm Will C. Forte, a mechanical engineering student and undergraduate researcher.
Since high school, I've been learning the mechanical, electrical, CS, and mathematical principles of robotic systems. The interdisciplinary nature of the field is a great motivator—you can apply almost anything!
Research Intern, Rutgers Robotics, Automation, & Mechatronics Lab
October 2024 - Present
- Conducted literature review on approximating regions of attraction of high-dim. dynamical systems.
- Designed and fabricated the first all-metal chassis for Rutgers’ two-legged robot.
- Reproduced CMU Lidar-based ROS SLAM stack for autonomous quadruped exploration & obstacle avoidance.
Research Intern, Rutgers Advanced Controls Lab
June 2024 - October 2024
- Developed low-level quadcopter control architecture in ROS for PX4-MAVROS-Gazebo SITL simulator.
- Created C++ PX4 library with CMake for controlling servos on a tiltrotor quadcopter.
- Self-studied HKUST ELEC5660 course on UAV control theory; assembled UAV platforms.
Research Intern, NJIT Swissler Innovative Robotics Lab
June 2023 - June 2024
- Developed a robotic arm simulation in MuJoCo (Python) using Jacobian inverse kinematics.
- Programmed ESP32 microcontrollers with ESP-IDF (C++) to run onboard computer vision (OpenCV).
B.S. Mechanical Engineering
Minor in Mathematics
Engineering Honors Academy Scholar
High School Dipolma
4-Year CAD/Engineering Curriculum
Adv. Robotics Independent Study Program
My website was built using Nuxt 3, an open source Javascript library that combines the server-side rendering and static site generation of Next.js with Vue.js, whose logical syntax I admire.
The text of the website, written in Markdown that has , HTML, and Vue support, is interpreted by Nuxt Content. Styling is done via Tailwind CSS.
@ RUAutonomous, drilling carbon fiber plates
(photo by Will Carney)