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KCL Robotics — competitions
By Haider Ali ·
Haider Ali is Head of Competitions at KCL Robotics (UKSEDS Mars Rover, Unibots UK, RoboWars) and leads around ten in the UKSEDS Olympus Rover Trials.
Head of Competitions at KCL Robotics: UKSEDS Mars Rover, Unibots UK and RoboWars. Leading around ten in the UKSEDS Olympus Rover Trials.
2025 → · head of competitions · active
As Head of Competitions at KCL Robotics I run the society's competition teams, and I built a motion-capture pipeline to simulate our Mars rover's robotic arm.
Key facts
- Head of Competitions
- UKSEDS · Unibots UK · RoboWars
- Leads ~10 in Olympus Rover Trials
- MediaPipe → Blender arm mocap
Competitions
- Oversee the society's teams for the UKSEDS Mars Rover challenge, Unibots UK and RoboWars.
- Lead a team of around ten in the UKSEDS Olympus Rover Trials.
Arm motion capture
- Tracking: MediaPipe follows the operator's elbow, wrist and fingers.
- Streaming: the angles are smoothed and sent over UDP into Blender.
- Digital twin: they drive a rigged model of the arm, live.
Stack
- python
- mediapipe
- opencv
- blender (bpy)
- udp
Links
#robotics #leadership #mocap