Prior to my internship at the Intelligent Robotics Lab at Washington State University, I did not have any experience conducting university research or project-specific technical knowledge. However, with all the gusto a 15-year-old could muster, I dived into my project simultaneously learning advanced software languages such as ROS and SLAM while making progress on the project.
Barely a few days into my project, Professor Taylor mentioned he was leaving to New York for 10 days for a robotics conference. Speechless at first, I knew I had to find a way to make progress. Facing numerous