KIERAN JARVIS

Engineering student and aspiring Design Engineer from Perth, Western Australia. I enjoy building machines, robots and PCBs.
I do not enjoy building websites.

Holonomic Drive Platform

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Allows mobile robots to translate sideways
without compromising on speed and traction
Can be attached to existing skid-steer
drivebases

Quokkas Ri3D Robot

Designed and built in 3 days at the start of
the FRC 2024 Build season
Served as inspiration for over 200 Teams;
CAD has over 2400 downloads
Youtube videos have collectively reached over
70 000 people

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CNC Router

Designed from ground up to machine
Aluminium at over 100mm^3/min MRR
Custom control PCB based on
FluidNC Firmware
Used to make parts for personal
projects and Perth robotics teams

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MIDI Breath Controller

Breath-controlled midi expression pedal
for a synthesizer
Uses fuel pressure transducer to sense
blowing
Arduino converts analog signal to digital
MIDI signal

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Concealed Desktop Automatic Storage and Retrieval

Can store, index and retrieve boxes on
sub-desktop-surface shelf rings
3-Axis stepper/belt-driven polar carriage
Custom control system with motion profiling
and inverse kinematics

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My PCB Projects

Collection of PCBs that I have designed and
brought up

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(WIP) Mini CNC Router

Desktop-sized "Horizontal" cnc router designed
to minimise footprint without compromises
Machined entirely out of 1/2" aluminium scrap metal
custom FluidNC-based control system (WIP)

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(WIP) Scratch-built Panoramic Film SLR Camera

Semi-automatic 35mm Film SLR with
automatic shutter and advance
Custom designed shutter and mirror
mechanism with metering
Embedded control system (WIP)

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