Wilson Ernst

18 | @UlyssesInc | Engineering @ UIUC | Building drones, robots, AI

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@ivandovbush_ @UlyssesInc Clinical

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The Saas mind cant comprehend this beauty

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@ivandovbush_ @Willob The goat

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Got a 3 second b-roll cameo in a @a16z short film. Feelin famous

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@steveMmattison The end goal for this winch is to autonomously adjust the length of the line to track with our UUV during testing.

This means the winch has to be able to pay out line quickly without building slack, which requires a secondary tensioner motor and PID/software to sync the motors

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One month working in SF, and it still feels crazy getting paid to do the same stuff I did for free in my basement all through high school.

Spent today stress testing the code I wrote to run a motorized winch, including dragging a 60-pound storage box across the warehouse floor.

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@drtod1000 Completely agree! The point of the post is to point out how cool it is that making something worth selling and getting to drag 60-pound boxes around a warehouse turns out to be the same job.

Making the product work well in extreme conditions improves the product.

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@faraz_r_khan Exactly😂

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@agentorangego Main obstacles that popped up were how noncompliant the line was between two noncompliant spinning elements: needed super dialed PID. Also had to revise my approach multiple times to deal with motor overheating.

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@ayocheddie Tuff 🔥

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Super excited to share that I'll be joining Ulysses over the summer in SF!

If you'll be in the Bay as well, reach out

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@itsAWilksWorld Sent follow request

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Freshman at UIUC. Autonomous drones, computer vision, Formula SAE EV.

Looking to build something this summer - reach out.

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@ilaffey2 That's so cool

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@ilaffey2 Yo I just watched your Theseus interview😂

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@GB_Drone cool!

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@NashwaanKhan Sent a follow, don't think I can DM

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@r0b0t_sp1der Will do! Will likely be in the Bay all summer

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@Chrisrk20 Sent a follow request!

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@t_koll Sent!

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@ayocheddie Sent!