Chris Dinelli
New Mexico Tech, Mechanical Engineering, Undergraduate
- Mechanical Engineering B.S. from New Mexico Tech. 3 Year (Year-Round) Undergraduate Internship, Sandia National Laboratories: Autonomous Sensing and Perception. PhD student in Mechanical Engineering Department, New Mexico Tech. Focus on design, manufacturing, and application of intelligent mechatronic systems. Estimated completion May 2026.edit
Subterranean openings, including mines, present a unique and challenging environment for robots and autonomous exploration systems. Autonomous robots that are created today will be deployed in harsh and unexplored landscapes that humanity... more
Subterranean openings, including mines, present a unique and challenging environment for robots and autonomous exploration systems. Autonomous robots that are created today will be deployed in harsh and unexplored landscapes that humanity is increasingly encountering in its scientific and technological endeavors. Terrestrial and extraterrestrial environments pose significant challenges for both humans and robots: they are inhospitable and inaccessible to humans due to a lack of space or oxygen, poor or no illumination, unpredictable terrain, a GPS-denied environment, and a lack of satellite imagery or mapping information of any type. Underground mines provide a good physical simulation for these types of environments, and thus, can be useful for testing and developing highly sought-after autonomous navigation frameworks for autonomous agents. This review presents a collective study of robotic systems, both of individual and hybrid types, intended for deployment in such environments....