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Nick Wiltsie

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4800 Oak Grove Dr.
M/S 82-110

Pasadena, CA 91109

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818.354.3187

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818.393.3254
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Nick Wiltsie

Biography

Nick Wiltsie is currently an engineer in the Extreme Environment Robots group. Since joining the lab in Fall of 2012, he has worked tasks relating to comet surface sampling, robotic adhesion and climbing, and active vehicle suspensions.
He received his BS and MS in Mechanical Engineering from MIT in 2010 and 2012, respectively. His graduate work focused on controllable robotic adhesion using magneto-rheological fluid.

Education

2012 MS Mech. Eng. MIT
2010 BS Mech. Eng. MIT

Professional Experience

2013-Present: Robotics Mechanical Engineer, JPL
2010-2012: Research Assistant, MIT Robotic Mobility Group
2009: Hardware Intern, Digilab Inc.
2008: Software Intern, Vecna Technologies.

Research Interests

Mechanical design
Climbing robotics
Dynamic systems

Publications

2022
  1. J. Koch, G. Johnson, N. Wiltsie, F. Hartman, F. Alibay, J. Yen, "Helicopter and Rover Operations on Mars using the Robot Sequencing and Visualization Program (RSVP)," 2022 IEEE Aerospace Conference (AERO), Big Sky, MT, USA, pp. 1-9, 05 March 2022.
2017
  1. A. Parness, N. Abcouwer, C. Fuller, N. Wiltsie, J. Nash, and B. Kennedy, "LEMUR 3: A Limbed Climbing Robot for Extreme Terrain Mobility in Space," 2017 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA), pp. 5467-5473, 29 May 2017.
2016
  1. C. Parcheta, C. Pavlov, N. Wiltsie, K. Carpenter, J. Nash, A. Parness, K. Mitchell, "A Robotic Approach to Mapping Post-Eruptive Volcanic Fissure Conduits," Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research, vol. 320, pp. 19-28, 15 June 2016.
2015
  1. C. Parcheta, A. Parness, J. Nash, N. Wiltsie, K. Carpenter, and K. Mitchell, "Comparing Vent Surface Geometry with its Subsurface Structure," 46th Annual Lunar and Planetary Science Conference, vol. 1832, p. 1649, 01 January 2015.
2012
  1. N. Wiltsie, M. Lanzetta, K. Iagnemma, "A Controllably Adhesive Climbing Robot Using Magnetorheological Fluid," IEEE International Conference on Technologies for Practical Robot Applications, 91-96, 23 April 2012.