Drake Elliott
Mechanical Engineer
Working in marine robotics with roots in soft robotics, mechanical design, and rapid prototyping
About
I'm a mechanical engineer currently working in industry, with a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from MIT. My experience spans research labs, startups, and engineering project teams, building everything from assistive devices to consumer products and fluid systems.
What I enjoy most is owning the full design cycle: taking an idea from first sketch through CAD and analysis, building it, testing it, and iterating on what the hardware teaches me until it works.
Tools & skills
Featured work
9 Projects
Soft Robotic Gripper
A pneumatic steering articulation system for soft growing robots navigating tightly constrained spaces, with custom soft actuators and predictive kinematic models of deflection and bending during deployment.
A portable resurfacer for backyard and pond rinks, using a custom rotary cutter and automated hot water distribution to restore uneven ice.
A robotic mechanism that protects elderly users from falls during exercise without restricting natural movement.
Fifty yo-yos with an integrated speaker, designed around press-fit mechanics and cost-effective production at scale.
Measuring how stroke rate affects force asymmetry on a rower's body, using a dynamic ergometer and real-time sensing.
A solo-built remote-controlled robot for a class-wide competition, fabricated with sheet metal forming and waterjet cutting.
An autonomous robot using C++, an H-bridge motor driver, and photoresistors to follow a line, run a course, and recover its path when lost.
A blaster-style target game using RF and IR signals to link its components to a custom central hub.
A liquid nitrogen pump prototype with a novel impeller design to prevent cavitation, designed, built, and tested.
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