Engineering Systems — Senithu Dampegama
SYSTEMS INDEX 07 RECORDS

PERCEPTION THAT
LEAVES THE LAB.

Every system here was built, tested and documented — from full vision-to-actuation pipelines to the deliberately simple machines that prove an algorithm. Progression runs from reactive control to perception-driven autonomy.

FLAGSHIP SYSTEMS
Human-following Ackermann v2 robot
SYS-01 · FLAGSHIPSOLO · SEP 2025
HUMAN-FOLLOWING ACKERMANN V2

On-camera spatial detection, IOU tracking with target lock, stationary-search FSM, fault-tolerant serial control.

OAK-D PRO W · JETSON · TEENSY 4.1
Quadruped locomotion assembly in Isaac Sim
SYS-02 · FLAGSHIP5-PERSON TEAM · 2026
QUADRUPED BEHAVIOUR ARCHITECTURE

Priority-based behaviour arbitration, interruptible crawl gait designed in Isaac Sim, eight-module firmware stack.

PI PICO · MICROPYTHON · ISAAC SIM
Maze robot with two ultrasonic sensors at 25 degrees
SYS-03 · FLAGSHIPSOLO · 2025
AUTONOMOUS MAZE NAVIGATION

Two ultrasonic sensors at 25°, strict footprint, weekly-reconfigured maze — escaped on every attempt.

WALL FOLLOWING · REAL-TIME EMBEDDED
LABORATORY / EARLIER SYSTEMS
Ackermann v1 robot SYS-04 · 2025ACKERMANN V1 — FOUNDATION The mechanical, electrical, communication and safety foundation that v2 was refactored from. → CAD model of Raspberry Pi Pico SYS-05FUSION 360 COMPONENT LIBRARY Precisely modelled, reusable robotics components — the building blocks of the other builds' CAD. → VIDEO SYS-06THYMIO LINE FOLLOWING Closed-loop line tracking with two IR sensors — calibration, curve handling, line reacquisition. → RL SYS-07TAXI-V3 Q-LEARNING Tabular Q-learning from scratch — ε-greedy exploration with decay, Bellman updates, 10,000 episodes. →