Hi, my name is Joakin Ugalde, a chilean mechanical engineer interested in digital fabrication, automation and robotics. I’m currently working at the Fablab U de Chile, located in the Engineering School at the University of Chile where I also teach some engineering courses. I was accepted in the master of science in mechanical engineering (specializing in robotics and control) program at Northwestern University, which I plan to start on the fall of 2024. My CV is here

My thesis was a bio inspired soft robot with soft sensors, you can get more info in Research Gate and watch a short video in Youtube.

I’m one of the founders of the Robotics community at the Universidad de Chile, where we created fun initiatives to interest and involve students in the field of robotics, such as Duckietown Chile and Beauchef Robotics Challenge.

I like to teach engineering and create machines. You can check some of my drawings at my site in GrabCad, or some projects that I have developed in my github page.

I also enjoy cycling, playing guitar, taking photos, and solving my domestic problems with digital fabrication, I have some of the designs in Thingiverse and sometimes post photos in my Instagram account. Some of my photos are also on Behance. Sometimes I make guitar tabs for songs or make my own guitar arrangements to play solo, they are on Ultimate Guitar and in Cifra Club.