2025 RMAIIG Robotics Showcase Projects
Although you can find details about our projects on this site, there were a ton of other really cool projects that weren't associated with the Brain Wave Collective. This page is an attempt to re-publish the info from others, and you can find a good summary by RMAIIG on LinkedIn.
Scythe M.52 — Commercial Mowing
Presenters: Billy Otteman & Cody Charland
Organization: Scythe Robotics
Contact: billy@scytherobotics.com
Website: https://scytherobotics.com
Overview:
Designed and manufactured in Longmont, the M.52 is a fully autonomous, battery-powered commercial mower. Using advanced computer vision, it maintains perfectly straight mowing stripes and navigates around obstacles.
Highlights:
- Fully autonomous commercial mower
- Battery-powered, zero emissions
- Vision-based navigation and stripe precision
- Increases crew productivity by handling repetitive mowing tasks
LeRobot — Low-Cost 3D-Printable 6DoF Arm for AI/ML
Presenter: Daniel Ritchie & collaborators
Organization: Brain Wave Collective
Contact: daniel@brainwavecollective.ai
Website: http://brainwavecollective.ai/~rmaiig-1125/
Overview:
LeRobot is a customizable open-source robotics ecosystem developed by HuggingFace. It covers teleoperation, data collection, and AI/ML policy training.
Highlights:
- Supports multiple robot platforms
- Today’s demo uses the SO-101 arm by Rob Knight (The Robot Studio)
- Designed for ML research, teleoperation, and manipulation tasks
- Fully open-source hardware and software
Reachy Mini — Development Platform for Human-Robot Interaction
Presenter: Daniel Ritchie
Organization: Brain Wave Collective
Contact: daniel@brainwavecollective.ai
Website: http://brainwavecollective.ai/~rmaiig-1125/
Status: Pre-Production Beta
Overview:
Reachy Mini by Pollen Robotics is an expressive desktop robot designed for multimodal AI exploration, experimentation, and interactive learning.
Highlights:
- Open-source hardware & software
- Designed for HRI and AI experimentation
- HuggingFace integration
- Expressive, compact form factor
Binny – The Social Robot | Playful Rover Companion
Presenters: Scott Mackie & Mike Mossey
Organization: Independent
Contact: pmackie0710@gmail.com
Website: https://aquarius-cognition.com/
Overview:
Binny is a friendly rover robot that detects faces and small objects and plans its own behaviors using AI. He interacts playfully with people and learns from each interaction.
Highlights:
- AI-powered behavior planning
- Detects faces and small objects
- Invites interaction and play
- Learns from repeated experiences
Contact Anticipation with Whole-Body Proximity Sensing
Presenter: Carson Kohlbrenner
Organization: Human Interaction and Robotics Group
Contact: carson.kohlbrenner@colorado.edu
Website: https://ckohl10.github.io/
Overview:
Carson showcases custom 3D-printed proximity sensors that help robots anticipate contact and interact more safely with humans.
Highlights:
- Whole-body proximity sensing
- Custom-shaped 3D-printed sensor shells
- Enables smoother, safer human–robot collaboration
- Early detection of contact and obstacles
The RamBOT — Quadruped Exploration Robot
Presenter: Joey Reback
Organization: RamBOTs (Colorado State University)
Contact: jreback@colostate.edu
Website: https://projects-web.engr.colostate.edu/ece-sr-design/AY25/RamBOTs/
Overview:
A student-built quadruped inspired by Spot, designed to inspire learners and engage the Fort Collins community. It incorporates mechanical, electrical, and computer engineering with modern autonomy.
Highlights:
- Quadruped mobility and sensing
- Educational, community-focused project
- Student-built platform
- Integrates autonomy and real-world sensing
General Manipulation Intelligence | Robotics for the Repair Economy
Presenter: Zhengxiong Li
Organization: University of Colorado Denver
Contact: zhengxiong.li@ucdenver.edu
Website: https://cse.ucdenver.edu/~lizheng/
Overview:
A robotics platform designed to automate complex tasks in the $200B+ home-repair sector using tactile sensing and AI.
Highlights:
- Addresses labor shortages in repair industries
- Advanced tactile sensing
- Autonomous execution of fine manipulation tasks
- Backed by five IEEE IROS 2025 papers
Robotic Dog — Early Robotics Learning
Presenter: Nalin Goyal
Organization: Summit Middle School
Contact: ravi.j.goyal@gmail.com
Overview:
A student-built robot dog that detects objects and performs dog-like behaviors such as barking and sitting.
Highlights:
- Programmed entirely by a middle school student
- Object detection and simple autonomy
- Demonstrates early creative robotics learning
RoboJetson — Jetson-Powered Mobile Robot
Presenter: David Garcia
Organization: Independent
Contact: davidgarciajr@gmail.com
Overview:
RoboJetson is a compact, NVIDIA Jetson Orin–powered robot that performs real-time perception and control on a small, efficient platform.
Highlights:
- Powered by Jetson Orin edge computing
- Real-time perception and navigation
- Small but high-performance system
Advancing Mobile Autonomy | Geo-Spatially Informed Field Robotics
Presenter: Doncey Albin
Organization: Independent
Contact: doal8589@colorado.edu
Website: https://arpg.github.io/cumulti/
Overview:
This project explores how geo-spatial data and prior knowledge improve robot autonomy in complex outdoor environments.
Highlights:
- Outdoor robotic platform
- Map, sensor, and learned model fusion
- Safer, more efficient route planning
- Designed for rugged real-world conditions
Siderunner — All-Terrain Defense-Oriented Ground Robot
Presenters: Gary Fox & Nils Alstad
Organization: Stridar
Contact: fox@stridar.com
Website: https://stridar.com
Overview:
Siderunner is an all-terrain, highly maneuverable defense-oriented ground robot designed for dangerous or inaccessible environments.
Highlights:
- Four-wheel drive with skid-steering
- Carries sensors or mission payloads
- Traverses challenging terrain
- Built for inspection, security, and defense
RAAVEN — Severe-Weather Research Drone
Presenter: Dhruva Anantha Datta
Organization: Integrated Remote and In-Situ Sensing (CU Boulder)
Contact: Anantha.Dhruva@gmail.com
Website: https://www.colorado.edu/iriss/content/equipment-and-facilities/raaven
Overview:
RAAVEN is an autopilot-enabled drone designed for safe operation inside severe storms, collecting high-resolution in-situ atmospheric data.
Highlights:
- Built for extreme weather
- Enables improved weather forecasting
- Used by utilities, insurers, emergency managers
- High-endurance and agile
Autonomous Robots Demo — Education & Service Robotics
Presenter: Lorenzo Lopez
Organization: RobotLAB Denver
Contact: lorenzo.lopez@robotlab.com
Website: https://www.robotlab.com/denver
Overview:
A demonstration of autonomous robots used in classrooms, hospitality, and service industries.
Highlights:
- Real-time navigation in human spaces
- Practical service robotics applications
- Educational integration for K–12 and beyond
SVVSD Innovation Center Social Robotics — K–12 Learning & Outreach
Presenter: Ivan Portilla
Organization: SVVSD Innovation Center
Contact: portilla@gmail.com
Website: https://innovation.svvsd.org/focus-areas/robotics/
Overview:
A program enabling sustainable, equitable robotics experiences for K–12 students through social robots, AI, and hands-on learning.
Highlights:
- K–12 robotics education
- Social robots integrated into classroom & clubs
- Focus on equity and accessibility
- Teaches coding, AI, and HRI
LeRobot-Based Trash & Recycling Waste Stream Diversion
Presenter: Aadhavshanjay Avinashkumar
Organization: Stem School, Highlands Ranch — 11th Grade
Contact: aadhavshanjay@outlook.com
Website: http://brainwavecollective.ai/~rmaiig-1125/
Overview:
A LeRobot-based robotic arm that helps with trash detection and recycling using AI-based classification.
Highlights:
- Uses YOLO for trash/object detection
- SO-101 LeRobot arm performs sorting motions
- Student-built environmental robotics project
- Designed to assist recycling workflows