Alison Ryckman

Alison Ryckman is currently the Perception Subteam Lead for the Michigan Mars Rover Student Project Team, where key contributions include developing a low-latency application for streaming stereo camera data and implementing an ARTag detection visualizer using OpenCV. Previously, Alison served as a Robotics Research Intern at the Autonomous Robotic Manipulation Lab, creating optimal path planning solutions for robotics and navigating outdoor environments with innovative mapping techniques, including a presentation at IROS 2023. Alison also gained experience as a Software Development Intern at Northwoods Software Corporation, where a linter application was developed for a web tool. Alison is pursuing a Bachelor of Engineering in Computer Science & Robotics at the University of Michigan, expecting to graduate in December 2024, following a high school diploma from the Academy for Science and Design.