About

I specialize in robotics, automation, and mechatronics. My main interest is making robots move! I’m comfortable working on multidisciplinary teams or in being an “army of 1” (covering the 3 robotics areas of mechanical, software, and electrical engineering to bring a robot to life).

PDF file of CV/Resume

Consulting

Please email me for all inquiries about consulting work. Select consulting-projects have included

1. Mechanical design/fabrication of a nose-and-throat-diagnostic medical robot.

2. Firmware/test-automation-software development for a Smart Home food-growing device.

3. Electromechanical design advice for in-home/consumer robot.

PDF Files of ISSUED Patents

1. Issued Patent, Inception Drive: Infinitely Variable Transmission with Nested Pulleys (SRI International)

2. Issued Patent, Early Design for the Master Input to the “Ion” Lung Biopsy Robot (Intuitive Surgical)

3. Issued Patent, GoBetween Robotics: A traffic stop robot to keep everyone safe (SRI International)

4. Issued Patent, Surgical Device and Methods (Stanford University/Miret Surgical)

5. Issued Patent, Remote Center of Motion (part of dissertation on Robotic IV Insertion at Stanford University)

6. Issued Patent, Laser-Through-Needle (part of dissertation on Robotic IV Insertion at Stanford University)

7. Issued Patent, Force Control of a Permanent Magnet (Stanford University)

PDF Files of Patent APPLICATIONS

1. Patent Application: System/Method for Marking Food Products Based on Temperature Differential (SRI International)

2. Patent Application: System and Methods for Unplugging an Electric Vehicle Charging Cable (SRI International)