Client: Clorox Services Company, Pleasanton, CA
- Integration of control and testing equipment for a fully automated system to
test oxygen permeation of "Glad" brand food storage bags.
Client: Martin Borenstein, AIA, Oakland, CA
- "Productionize" design of a multi-function living chair. Re-write patent
application technical section for chair (Patent granted based on re-write).
- Prototype development of other multi-function furniture.
Client: Working Machines Corp, Berkeley, CA
- Design and development of ergonomic washdown sprayers for cleaning
meatpacking plants. Units had to switch between jet and spray modes at flow rates of 20 gpm at 500 psi. Operation had to be simple and intuitive for untrained personnel.
Employer: Litton/Integrated Automation, Alameda, CA
- Mechanical design and integration of portable, automatic rice inspection
machine for Japanese client Satake Engineering.
- Robot based designs for high speed ice cream bar dipper (Dove International)
- Non-robotic designs for: automating acrylic fiber production (Monsanto),
high speed candy bar aligner (M&M Mars), automated malt ball inspection/ sorting system (Leaf Candy/Whopper) and a similar system for radishes (Tem-Cole).
Client: Bots, Inc., Mountain View, CA
- Responsible for mechanical design and construction of a family of
"personality" service robots for use in a pizza restaurant. The "showbots" needed several anthropomorphic features (moving eyes, mouth, neck and arms) to perform the entertainment. The "workerbot" required all of that plus a food-serving compartment for transporting two pizzas (any size) and other food items.
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