Mechanical Design
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Composite Lattice Patent Published
Our composites company Brigand Arms created a new process for manufacturing structural composite lattice material using cost-effective equipment. This patent application teaches: “Methods and systems of making a composite open lattice are provided. The method comprises the following: (i) providing a mandrel having a plurality of studs extending outwardly from an outer surface of the…
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DB Technologies Acquires Brigand Arms
Brigand Arms has been acquired by DB Technologies LLC for an undisclosed amount. Jeremy Wootten, CEO of DB Technologies, sees the Brigand Arms technology acquisition as a way to accelerate the growth of their advanced textiles business: “We see an opportunity to build on the intellectual property developed at Brigand Arms, leveraging our experience with…
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Tocaro Blue Yacht Security and Monitoring
The Tocaro Blue Master Chief system is a suite of sensors used to monitor important metrics for boat owners, boat manufacturers, and marinas. The system is designed to empower vessel owners with real time information including GPS position, Battery Voltage, Bilge Level, Climate monitoring, Entry sensors, and NMEA 2000. With this information at their fingertips…
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Godspeed Team Athletic Performance Timing Gates
Godspeed has a breakthrough business method for team athletic training: prescribing athletes the best exercises to help them develop strength and skills in their sport. Not satisfied with existing solutions, they have developed a timing gate hardware for athletic performance tests. This hardware is built on the philosophy that simple and reliable hardware can improve…
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Pixel-to-Pose Estimator for Robot Control
Robotic manipulation in unstructured environments relies heavily on visual information for context. Images from color (RGB) cameras provide rich environmental data at low cost. Recently, deep learning has proven to be a powerful tool for extracting features from images and using these features to estimate the class and location of objects in the image. However,…
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Gentle Machine Company
Gentle Machine Company was founded as a vehicle to pursue dexterous household robotics using the Deft Dexapod platform. When “robots” become ubiquitous household appliances, no one is going to call them robots anymore, and thanks to Hollywood “robot” implies a hazardous machine to many people – we’re getting ahead of that problem by accurately calling…
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