About Me

Hi! I'm Ashwin, a final year mechanical engineering student at UT Austin. I'm passionate about building mechanical and electromechanical devices, whether they be simple, complex, useful, or just plain cool! I embrace projects that force me to learn and apply new concepts.

Project: Variable Stiffness Robotic Fingers

Project: LED Matrix Driver

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Position Control

Position control was achieved by a simple pulley and motor. Because this was cable driven, I had to design a tensioning mechanism for the proof of concept, which ended up as a pair of eccentric cams.

My Workspace

My workspace and tools are a large part of my workflow and my design process. I make decisions based largely off of what I know I have available, both in terms of materials and manufacturing methods.

Below I've described the more interesting parts of my workspace at home and what I utilize in the prototyping process