Notable Builds
Fully autonomous mobile robot for unstructured agricultural terrain. Built end-to-end as the sole founding engineer at Upside Robotics — mechanical design, drivetrain integration, sensor suite, embedded systems, and field validation from concept to prototype.
Autonomous floor-scrubbing robots deployed commercially across five continents. Led systems architecture as Lead Mechatronics Architect — mechanical, electrical, firmware, sensors, and software — managing 30+ engineers through full product delivery at Avidbots.
250lb full-combat robots built for the BattleBots TV show (Discovery / Science Channel) as captain of Team All Black Robotics. Eight years of structural engineering under extreme repeated impact loads — aggressive mass budgeting, failure-mode-driven material selection, hardware reliability at worst-case conditions.
Ongoing design and fabrication of competition-grade combat robots — precision-machined aluminum chassis, custom motor controller integration, LiPo power management, and competition strategy. Every build is a mechanical engineering project under a 3-minute deadline.
Production AI agent infrastructure deployed at Avidbots — requirements management and procurement agents on Claude API, Docker Compose, JumpCloud OIDC, and Atlassian MCP. Paired with a full Onshape Enterprise MCP server for agentic CAD workflows with HMAC-SHA256 signing, 12 tools, and DFM evaluators.
Built Canada's premier combat robotics organization from a garage event into a national sports infrastructure — 25 events, hundreds of robots over a decade, thousands of battles. National ELO ranking system, event management platform, and a mentorship program that has shaped hundreds of builders. Started building at 13. Still going.
