Mechanical engineering, robotics, and things built by hand.
I'm a Master's student in Mechanical Engineering (robotics track) at TU Eindhoven, previously at Northwestern University. I like problems that end with a working object: robotic hands, race-car electronics enclosures, furniture, or an ice sculpture wired for sound.
State of Change
A melting ice structure wired with hydrophones and piezo sensors, built for a TU/e InnoSpace exhibition on water and transformation.
Robot Design Studio - Power Finger
A single-DOF power finger for conforming grasps, developed alongside a Capstone team building a full robotic arm.
Robot Design Studio - Finger Testbench
A 3-DOF robotic finger driven by 3 motors in an N+1 tendon routing scheme, sized roughly to a human finger.
Furniture Design - Ultimate Bar
My first woodworking and welding project: a rolling home bar with a gridfinity-organized drawer system.
Northwestern Formula Racing - Accumulator Container
A waterproof, welded sheet-metal enclosure for NFR's first electric battery pack, air-cooled with offset hole patterns and a hydrophobic mesh.
Northwestern Formula Racing - Inverter Container
A liquid- and air-cooled enclosure for a custom inverter project, built around cold plates and IGBT thermal management.
3D Printer Builds
Voron Trident and Voron V0.2, two open-source CoreXY printers assembled, wired, and tuned from the frame up.
3D Printing - Personal Designs
Small household fixes and original designs, made across a few different apartments over the years.
3D Printing - Other Designs
Community and kit builds: a honeycomb storage wall, a modular board-game table, and a few Nerf-compatible blasters.
About
I'm a Mechanical Engineering Master's student at TU Eindhoven, on the robotics track, after finishing my undergrad at Northwestern University outside Chicago. I combine a solid CAD background with math and programming skills, and I've been running 3D printers for almost a decade across just about every CAD package out there. Outside of engineering I bartend and cook, and the same attention to detail carries over into how I design and prototype.
- bsbarbaro@pm.me
- Location
- Eindhoven, NL