Senior Design Showcase: Computer Vision for Smart Recycling
A clip of what our UC Davis senior design team built, demonstrated at the Graduate Poster Showcase in April 2024.
Engineers who actually build hardware.
How we help
Design from scratch or work on your existing project
Start a part or assembly from a blank canvas, or pick up where your current project left off.
Review part files for manufacturing feasibility
Bring a CAD model. We mark it up for printability, machinability, tolerance stack, and cost — before you commit.
Prototype engineering
We work with you until your part is as perfect — or better — than you imagined. Send us a sketch, reference, or idea. We'll even travel to you at no cost anywhere in the High Desert, CA.
Mechanical and design engineering
Hands-on help building prototypes, brackets, end-effectors, and custom mechanical assemblies for robotics teams.
Small-scale production manufacturing
We manufacture your parts in plastic and metal. If we can't, we'll point you to a shop that can assist you better.
Designing a plastic product for production? See our dedicated injection molding design & DFM services — functional, tooling-ready CAD built from prototype to mold.
Selected projects
Robotics & R&D
A sample of robotics, mechanical, and prototyping projects — from senior design to open-source hardware upgrades.
Aluminum Stand for Robot
A lighter, portable stand built from 4040 aluminum extrusions to move the robot around UCD, with connectors that match a commercial-kitchen fryer basket.
Wooden Prototype Stand for Robot
A spare-wood proof of concept to validate how the robot performs in inverse gravity before committing to the aluminum build.
Upgrade Guide: +161% Torque on Joint 3 of a 7-DOF Arm
Open-source upgrade guide bringing the J3 holding torque from 0.39 Nm up to 1.02 Nm — a 0.63 Nm (161.54%) increase.
Portable Conveyor with Teensy Speed Control
A custom conveyor belt with reworked electronics — Teensy microcontroller driving the robot's motor drivers and pulley system.
Built the Open-Source AR4 Robot
Built from online resources and guides, used to test methods of automation in the fast-food industry.
Custom one-off work
Custom parts for people.
We also help individuals with one-off custom work — things like custom hubcaps, wheel spacers, and adapters measured and made to fit.
Custom Hubcaps
On-site measurement of a customer's rims and spoke pattern with calipers to design custom-fit hubcaps.