Advanced development project
SCUREDGE
Autonomous gas detection robot for industrial inspection
SCUREDGE is an autonomous mobile robot designed to operate in industrial environments and collect gas-related data. This project allows me to work on a robot as a complete system: mechanics, electronics, software architecture, ROS 2, sensing, simulation, navigation, and integration.
Why this robot exists
SCUREDGE started from a simple observation: some industrial areas remain repetitive, constrained, or potentially risky to inspect manually. The robot is meant to move through a defined area, measure multiple gases, transmit useful data, and progressively evolve toward a higher level of autonomy.
System architecture
Mechanics
Chassis, internal organization, component access, packaging constraints, subsystem integration, and overall structural coherence.
Electronics
Power distribution, motor control, onboard computing, inter-board communication, sensing, and integration logic.
Sensing
Gas detection, environmental monitoring, odometry, perception, and useful data acquisition for both the robot and the user.
Software
ROS 2, node architecture, communication interfaces, acquisition, processing, and software stack organization.
Simulation
Preparing the robot in simulation, validating behaviors, and working on odometry, perception, and early autonomy building blocks.
Supervision
Data visualization, monitoring, control logic, and reflection on the interface between the robot and the end user.
What SCUREDGE demonstrates
- My ability to design a robot as a complete system rather than as a collection of isolated technical blocks.
- My ability to connect mechanics, electronics, software, simulation, and integration within one project.
- My interest in credible autonomous robotics, built around real use and product logic.
What this project taught me
SCUREDGE taught me that the difficulty of a robot does not lie only in one specific technical block, but in the coherence of the whole. The real complexity appears when every decision has consequences across the rest of the system.
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Contact
Let’s talk
If you would like to discuss SCUREDGE, its architecture, or what it says about my profile, feel free to contact me directly.
francoismarty.work@gmail.com
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