Vayun Mathur

Vayun Mathur_

programming, robotics, astronomy

Hi_

I’m a passionate tinkerer, programmer, and robotics enthusiast, currently pursuing a Computer Science degree at the University of Southern California. I placed first among undergraduates in the 2023 USC Algorithmic Programming Competition and recently completed a fellowship at IBM's Accelerate Summer Program. Additionally, I’m a finalist in the 2025 Neo Scholars Program. My passion for AI has driven me to pursue internships and projects that explore its potential in real-world applications. During high school, I earned four silver medals at the National Olympiad in Informatics, Singapore, and was part of Team 963S, which won at the VEX Robotics World Championship.

My projects_

3D-Printed Myoelectric Prosthetic Arm

Built a 3D-printed robot hand that is controlled by muscle contractions captured as EMG signals from electrodes placed on the forearm. This can be used to develop low-cost prostheses that significantly improves an amputee's quality of life.

Used:

Servo motors for actuators for the bidirectional tendon system, Arduino Mega to control servo angle of rotation, and EMG sensors and electrodes to capture EMG signals.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2EsYUN9ry9U

Soong One: 3D-printed robot head with gaze control and facial recognition

Built 3D-printed robot head that uses a camera and a machine-learning neural network to recognize individuals and follow the gaze - a skill valuable for a more realistic interaction!

Used:

6 servos which provide 6 degrees of motion, a custom printed circuit board that takes power and 4 PWM data channels and passes them along to the 4 servos in the head, the Adafruit I2C servo board that creates the servo PWM signals, Arduino Mega and Raspberry Pi 4 and Raspberry Camera v2.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ffyatxbOjUA

SMART BIN - USING GOOGLE'S TENSORFLOW TO IMPROVE RECYCLING RATES

Separating waste is sometimes confusing and cumbersome—something that can derail people's good intentions to recycle. Using TensorFlow, we built a “Smart Bin” that can identify types of trash and sort them automatically.

Used stack:

Google Tensorflow
Google Colab
Python
Arduino

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jtUbmNZLGVk

Pandemic Simulator

Built a web-based application that simulates the spread of a virus through a community and allows testing of measures like travel restrictions, social distancing, workplace/ school closures, hospital/ICU readiness on spread and fatality.

Used stack:

HTML5
CSS3
JavaScript
Google Charts
jQuery

http://vayunmathur.com/pandemic/index.php

Singapore Weather & Bus Station Alexa Skill

Built one of the first voice-bots in 2017 using the Singapore LTA API to check next arriving bus time. Featured by GovTech.

Used stack:

Alexa Service API
JavaScript

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CgHbqtwh4Lg

Mentions_

October 24, 2019

The Singapore students using Cloud for smarter recycling

Using TensorFlow, they built a “Smart Bin” that can identify types of trash and sort them automatically...

April 02, 2019

Singapore students prepare for future jobs

Fourteen-year-old, Vayun Mathur believes, that "coding is fundamentally just problem solving and whenever you create something..."

August 16, 2017

GovTech, A Singapore Govt. Agency - Code for Youth

Vayun Mathur, however, is not your average 12-year-old. He is already a coding whiz, and a veteran at hackathons and maker events.

March 04, 2022

Catalyst Project: Within Arm's Reach

It was an a-ha moment for Singapore American School's eleventh grade student Vayun Mathur when he stumbled...

March 30, 2022

Night Without Lights: Join the Movement to End Energy Poverty!

If you can read this, you probably have access to affordable and reliable electricity all day, every day...

May 05, 2017

CS50 Final Project on Alexa Skill

This is the final project of (sixth-grader!) Vayun M. of Singapore American School who "built a custom Singapore Skill for Amazon Alexa...

Get in touch_

Email:: vayun.mathur@gmail.com

Or just write me a letter here_