I learned a wide variety of things as a Evodyne intern, such as web development, electrical engineering, coding, etc. I'm also learning how much I dont know and filling gaps in my current knowledge. This internship has honed my problem solving skills as well as my ability to work with others. I enjoyed being an instructor and seeing the students bring their creativity to life. As the instructor for the Evodog, I saw students code custom animations such as the dog doing push-ups and punches, which was exciting to see.

My favorite part about being an intern is working with Raghav, he has been a great mentor and helped me alot with coming up with designs. My abilities in creating complex gearing systems using CAD have significantly improved. Also my 3D printing abilities. I absolutely recommend this internship. Raghav gives us lots of freedom to come up with efficient designs while still guiding us. It is helping me to become a better engineer. Seeing how some children really enjoy the projects and want to learn more in depth. They come after class or during break to ask advanced questions.

My time at Evodyne was a great learning experience. I was the primary instructor for the Genesis course. In this role, I was able to hone my teaching skills. I also had the opportunity to tackle some unique technical challenges, such as developing a self balancing algorithm for a quadruped robot.

As an instructor and a researcher here, I am always debugging for the students and finding better ways to design my projects. Unlike school where there is a clear solution, I get to figure it out myself. I get to work on things that I feel are useful to me and others. Getting to know the other interns has been great. We all come from different parts of the Bay Area and have vastly different experiences and we were able to connect because of our passion for robotics. I enjoy customizing the lessons for the students and making sure it is easy to understand, lively, and practical. While prepping for lessons can take a while, it makes me feel really knowledgable and that I can be a robotics version of Bill Nye the Science guy.

Interning at Evodyne Robotics has been a really great experience for me. During my time here I have been able to grow both technically and professionally. I developed both a steering system for the evocar using computer vision as well as creating a way for the evodog to balance and move on angled surfaces. Overall, during my time here I have been able to meet many incredible people and I am grateful to have had the opportunity to learn so much.