
Amazon Robotics
Sponsor: Amazon Robotics
Faculty Advisor: Alessandra Ferzoco
This year鈥檚 SCOPE team created a package manipulation robot, with an integrated perception system, that can be operated remotely. The robot control system can be used to remotely support Amazon associates and improve the ability to complete orders quickly.

Amazon Robotics
Sponsor: Amazon Robotics
Faculty Advisor: Amon Millner
Amazon Robotics is engaging SCOPE students in exploring the space of classifying living and non-living beings, locating them, and understanding the vectors they鈥檙e heading using commercial-grade and consumer-grade sensing systems.
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Amazon Object Manipulation Taxonomy
Sponsor: Amazon Robotics
Faculty Advisor: Lawrence Neeley
This year鈥檚 SCOPE team is creating a comprehensive object taxonomy for Amazon鈥檚 diverse product catalog, which in conjunction with advanced perception systems, is the beginning of revolutionizing the way autonomous robots are used for object manipulation. This system can be used to increase accuracy in warehouse operations.聽
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Air Partners + Aerodyne Research
Sponsor: Air Partners / Aerodyne Research
Faculty Advisor: Alessandra Ferzoco
As a part of the NIH-funded HAFTRAP project, the AirPartners/Aerodyne SCOPE team created an integrated air quality measurement system that included both low and high-cost atmospheric chemistry instruments.
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Adaptive Structures + Mechanisms for Aircraft + Spacecraft
Faculty Lead: Christopher Lee
Read MoreTool to Identify Parasites in Pre-Processed Fish
Sponsor: Robot Kits
Faculty Advisor: Scott Hersey
This SCOPE team will be developing a new tool to accurately identify the location of parasites in pre-processed fish and prototype a method for automated removal.

Push Test Automation
Sponsor: New Balance
Faculty Advisor: Lawrence Neeley
Our team worked to automate a physically taxing process by designing tooling that reduces the manual strain on thumbs and improves the consistency of the quality check.
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Enhancing Early Literacy-Building Apps with Improved Audio Understanding
Sponsor: Boston University Wheelock Institute for the Science of Education
Faculty Advisor: Amon Millner
This year鈥檚 SCOPE team, like the 2024-2025 team will join a large interdisciplinary research team and contribute key components to proof-of-concept instructional聽games for K-3rd聽grade students developing reading skills.
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Dispensing Thermal Putty Accurately for Improved Performance
Sponsor: Blue Origin
Faculty Advisor: Jessica Townsend
This year, the Blue Origin SCOPE Team will design and fabricate an automated thermal putty dispensing machine for use in a lab environment.
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Watts Water Technologies, Inc. 2018-2019
Sponsor: Watts Water Technologies, Inc.
Faculty Advisor: Scott Hersey
Plumbing Sensor Network for Legionella Risk Factor Control
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Watts Water Technologies, Inc 2019-2020
Sponsor: Watts Water Technologies, Inc.
Faculty Advisor: Scott Hersey
Sensor Network for Legionella Mitigation in Plumbing
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