Simba GaoMECHANICAL / MECHATRONICS
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ROBOTICS STARTUP / PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT INTERN / 2024

Packaging System for Robotic Device

I designed and manufactured compact packaging configurations that restrained a robotic device’s multi-axis motion and organized its components for air and land transport.

My roleSolidWorks design, motion-constraint analysis, CNC-routed and printed prototypes, and design-review documentation.

  • SolidWorks
  • Constraint design
  • CNC routing
  • FDM printing
  • Prototyping
Compact transport-case prototype with fitted compartments for robotic hardware and accessories.
Physical transport-case prototype
Compact caseRobotic device and accessories
Multi-axisMotion-restraint design
CNC + FDMPrototype fabrication

01 / ENGINEERING PROBLEM

Restrain the device within a compact case

A robotic device’s moving parts needed to be supported during transport while its components and accessories fit into a compact case. I evaluated how to restrain the device’s multiple degrees of freedom, then developed packaging configurations that could be manufactured and checked as physical prototypes.

02 / METHODS & DEVELOPMENT

From constraint layout to physical packaging

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01

Design and prototype the internal layout

A second packaging configuration with shaped inserts for robotic-device components.
I developed the layouts in SolidWorks, analyzed how to restrain the device’s motion, and manufactured multiple configurations using CNC routing and FDM printing. Physical prototypes supported iterative fit checks and refinement of the component arrangement.
01

Define restraint

Analyze the device’s possible movement

02

Make and check

Fabricate and iterate the packaging

03

Document decisions

Phase-gate reviews and design reports

03 / RESULTS & OUTCOME

Manufactured packaging prototypes

PHYSICAL PROTOTYPES
Multiple layoutsPackaging configurations manufactured
Prototype deliveryTransport hardware and related training tools

I delivered transport-packaging prototypes and documented the design iterations through phase-gate reviews and design reports. The outcome demonstrates constraint design, fabrication, and prototype refinement; no quantified drop, vibration, or shipping qualification is claimed.

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