Project Maverick 
Truly Omni-Directional

Project Maverick is an omni-directional robotic system designed to provide a mobility solution for people with walking disabilities by mimicking the movement patterns of humans. The drive system allows the user to move in any direction using 4 steering and 4 driving electronically synchronized motors, creating the same degrees of motion as an able person.

Project Maverick News

​Update 7/30/2017:  Project Maverick has been successfully converted to ROS Kinetic! Contact Us for more information!
Update 7/28/2016: Thank you to IEEE and INCOSE for their generous awards! Read more here!
Update 7/18/2016:  Thank you to Google for listing Project Maverick as a top 100 science project in their Google Science Fair. Read more here!
Update 5/15/2016: Project Maverick received 2nd Place at the 2016 Intel International Science and Engineering Fair as well as a scholarship from INCOSE. Read more here!
Update 4/11/2016: Project Maverick was featured on NBC's Tonight Show starring Jimmy Fallon! See it here!
Update 3/19/2016: Project Maverick wins again at the Central California Science Fair, and is invited again to the Intel International Science and Engineering Fair as well as the California State Science Fair! Read more here.
Update 3/4/2016: Thank you to the National Parkinson Foundation for their support and for publishing my project's story. Read it here:  ​http://www.parkinson.org/get-involved/my-pd-story/Alex-Tacescu
​Update 2/25/2016:  Project Maverick has gained a new pair of eyes! A new ZX gesture sensor from Sparkfun has been successfully tested and is getting ready to be implemented into Project Maverick's Autopilot System.  Click here to read the article.
Update 2/15/2016: 3D Connexion has recognized my work in an article recently published to their website and newsletter. Click here to read the article.
​​ Update 12/5/2015: Project Maverick was presented at the Fresno Mini Makers Fair in the segment "Meet the Maker"
​Update 10/4/15:  Thank you to IEEE for the great article and support.  Click here to read more!
Update 8/4/15: Project Maverick has received a letter of recognition from California Senator Barbara Boxer, congratulating it on its performance in the 2015 California State Science Fair Competition. Learn more about Sen. Barbara Boxer here.

Watch me on the Tonight Show starring Jimmy Fallon!

Click here to see pictures and videos of the project!
Stay tuned for the autopilot and collision avoidance systems!
Click here to see a video of the concept prototype.

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