Trebuchet Competition

January 1, 2023 · 1 min read
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Trebuchet design and optimization as part of Rocker Robotics competition activities (2021–2023).

  • Assisted in trebuchet building and data collection for Rocker Robotics
  • Performed model identification and regression to determine optimal counterweight masses and tang angles
Bennet Outland
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Graduate Researcher
Outland is a doctoral student at the University of Colorado Boulder, Smead Department of Aerospace Engineering Sciences. His research is in differential game theory, safe multi-agent systems, and computational astrodynamics — with a focus on algorithms that are tractable enough to run onboard while providing formal guarantees.