A glimpse into Mikey's Siegel's life. Projects, interests, and randomness.

Persuasive Robotics is the study of persuasion as it applies to human-robot interaction (HRI). Persuasion can …

AIDA is part of the Sociable Car – Senseable Cities project which was a collaboration between …

This is what I believe to be the first socially interactive robotic cake.  That might not …

The Operobot project is a system which allows the precise control of a group of omnidirectional …

Leonardo is one of the stars of the MIT Media Lab, Personal Robots Group.  It was …

As part of a competition called the Extreme Sensing Competition we designed a novel system for …

MuFUwECoRe stands for Multi-Function Underwater Environmental Condition Recorder and it is pronounced ‘moo foo way core’. …

I’ve worked with various fabrication technologies through the years.  I love getting my hands dirty and …

Camp Harmony is a bi-yearly camp for children for Los Angeles area homeless shelters.  I’ve had …

While in Highschool one of the odd skills I somehow had the time and wherewithal to acquire was …

Multi-vehicle swarms offer the potential for increased performance and robustness in several key robotic and autonomous …

Gigapan is a robotic camera mount capable of using a normal consumer digital camera to create …

A box with no discernable features or method of opening.  But… tapping the right pattern on …

I’ve been playing percussion for years (though I’m an absolute amateur) and more than anything I …