Model the task
Translate operating conditions into motion, load, packaging, interface, and control requirements.
Engineering practice
Software, robotics, and physical prototypes need different tests and a connected engineering process. Releases, simulations, manufacturing records, and real-world feedback guide each stage.
Robotics & prototypes
The servo, gripper, reducer, and mobile manipulation programs use this staged approach. Digital results guide prototypes; measured results determine validated capability.
Translate operating conditions into motion, load, packaging, interface, and control requirements.
Use digital assemblies and simulation to compare designs, record assumptions, and identify unresolved questions.
Prepare prototype files and BOMs, coordinate machining and printing, then check fit, assembly, wiring, and material processing.
Measure movement, force, recovery, accuracy, and endurance as required. Feed physical results back into the next design revision.
Principles
A product is considered released only when an official release exists. A main branch or internal plan is not a usable product.
Versions, tests, interfaces, BOMs, and acceptance results remain traceable, with sources for important conclusions.
Test the highest-risk assumption before entering full development and larger investment.
Distinguish in-house work, coordinated resources, and external suppliers without presenting all supply chain capability as company-owned.
Track software, device, data, and pilot-production issues in one list until validation is complete.
Delivery includes deployment, documentation, and a maintenance path, not only a codebase.
Design to manufacturing
Prototype collaboration connects structural files, materials, machining, 3D printing, assembly, and inspection. Material choices and manufacturing methods are reviewed against the job each part must perform.
The two-finger platform combines machined and printed parts while fingertip samples support grasp-and-recovery studies. Assembly and material measurements inform subsequent iterations.
Manufacturing partners join prototyping and pilot-production work under project-specific responsibilities, quality requirements, and delivery arrangements.
Product practice
ZyHive publishes its source code and release chain. Ai Gliding is maintained through continuous public testing and version updates.
The project includes public source code, CI, cross-platform releases, installation, updates, and documented operating boundaries.
Public TestFlight BetaPublic testing covers product design, app and data engineering, release management, operations, security, privacy, and ongoing iteration.
Case policy
A published case requires customer approval and a clear description of the problem, scope, deliverables, and confirmed outcomes. Customer names, logos, and performance figures are not used without authorization.
Submit the project background, current stage, target outcome, and the main issue to be addressed.
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