Acted as a mechanical resource to embedded/electrical team working on a redesign of an existing social robot product
Conducted packaging and feasibility studies to guide custom PCB and cable harness design
Designed a custom heatsink to cool a new compute module being retrofitted into to the system
Found extrusion suppliers in Asia, and downselected to a suitable manufacturer for cost-effective high volume production of the heatsinks

This interactive robotic product was an early smart home assistant that consumers could talk to and interact with (weather, news, take photos), but included motorized stages that gave it animatronic qualities and social cues which other smart home devices did not include
The existing product was undergoing a redesign effort to increase featureset, including an updated AI SOM (system-on-module)
Custom thermal management was needed as OEM heatsink for the new module did not perform well enough, and did not package well

Active Suspension System

Hybrid Electric Drivetrains