Kai Design Co.

Once upon a time there were cobblers, who would craft shoes to individual feet. Then...

We love the way friction gives us traction on the road, good brakes, and allows...

Designing and building robots and other mechatronic designs has been simplified by the continued evolution...

I love the invention and design development process. I love seeing the concepts come together,...

Say you’re 3D printing a robot, and you’re designing a sweet gearing system to make your...

In an engineering utopia, every project would come in on time and under budget—and, of...

When I began studying engineering, prototyping involved expensive machining and milling individual pieces after careful...

Engineering Changes (ECs) are fulcrums: They’re powerful, and a small mistake one day can have...

We’ve explored interference fits and all their design limitations, but dowel pins have another application:...

Adapting to many situations, holding parts in perfect alignment, easily introduced but forming a lasting...

There’s a reason kids love Lego. When I was a kid, nothing was more valuable to...

No one becomes an engineer for the cubicle view. Whether inspired by inventors like Edison...

“Perfection is achieved not when there Is nothing more to add, but when there is...

Aesthetic design is in the eye of the beholder, but functional prototypes have a different...

A new engineer, I was getting used to the “excitement” of cubicle life when something...

All right, all right! I’ll confess: I’m part of the last generation to enter college...

We’re insulated from the cost of our garbage in America. As kids, we were trained...

Remember National Geographic from 30 years ago? I spent hours poring through images of life...

A robot climbing stairs was barely possible 30 years ago, but now, Honda’s ASIMO robot...

You’ve worked for months to get your prototype functioning. It’s time to take that ugly...