Rafael Amador · Computer Engineering

Sheet 1 · Projects

PHYSICAL BUILDS · CAD, DRIVES, SENSING

Robotic Arm

3D-printed robotic arm with cycloidal gearboxes and a tiered TMC2209 + TMC5160 stepper-driver architecture.

CYCLOIDAL DRIVE · TMC2209/5160 · FUSION 360→

RIDE Lab · Filament Extrusion

Research system for producing 1.75 mm FDM filament: closed-loop diameter control with an LDR sensor array, thermal validation, drafted IEEE paper.

1.75 MM FDM · LDR ARRAY · CLOSED LOOP→

PSU Load Board

A minimum-load board that lets a lab ATX supply start under near-zero draw. Full lifecycle: research, schematic, layout, fab, hand assembly. In production use at Thales.

ALTIUM · SINGLE-LAYER · 12 UNITS SHIPPED→

AI SYSTEMS · PERCEPTION, TOOLING, PROTOCOLS

Vizzion

Wearable navigation aid on a Raspberry Pi 5: MoveNet + SegFormer over a custom 35-class dataset. Two 1st-place track wins at HackAI 2026.

PI 5 · MOVENET + SEGFORMER · 35 CLASSES→

Helios

MCP server generator built for ACM UTD, with a multi-AI architecture and semantic tool clustering to cut context cost.

MCP · MULTI-AI · SEMANTIC CLUSTERING→

Calendar MCP

Google Calendar MCP server with an action-log undo system, timezone enforcement, and idempotent event creation.

ACTION-LOG UNDO · TZ ENFORCEMENT · OAUTH→

ARIS

A persistent personal AI system built on Claude Code: an Obsidian vault as long-term memory, custom session skills, guardrail hooks, and MCP bridges to email, calendar, and CAD.

CLAUDE CODE · OBSIDIAN VAULT · HOOKS + MCP→

General Notes

1. COMPUTER ENGINEERING, UT DALLAS · CLASS OF 2028.
2. HARDWARE ENGINEERING INTERN, THALES CSP · JUN-AUG 2026.
3. RESEARCH: FILAMENT EXTRUSION FOR SOFT ROBOTICS, RIDE LAB.
4. ALL PARTS DESIGNED IN FUSION 360 UNLESS OTHERWISE NOTED.
5. INTERPRET THIS SITE PER ASME Y14.5 · EVERYTHING DIMENSIONED, NOTHING DECORATIVE.

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REVISION HISTORY
REV	DATE	DESCRIPTION
A	2026-07	Initial release: five assemblies documented
B	2026-07	ARIS added: the system that helped build the site
C	2026-07	V2: responsive & performance pass, all devices

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