OA·Tech — Jonathan Olvera-Aguilera
OA·Tech

The workshop of Jonathan Olvera-Aguilera

One maker,
endless fields.

Robotics hardware, mostly: boards, firmware, and the machines they move. Days on a production floor, nights on my own bench. The lane is the passion, not the discipline.

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ClearNote rev B rigid-flex board, top view
Mega-CAN gateway board, top view
Rover electrical system: Jetson, Mega-CAN, CAN buses to actuators, sensors
Torque actuator assembly render
The Grid at CircuitHub, simplified
Fig. 01 · ClearNote rev B
01 · Rigid‑flex PCB / Firmware · Rev B

ClearNote

A digital notepad built around E‑Ink, for studying without a glowing rectangle begging for attention. One device, one job: paper that remembers.

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02 · Board design / Firmware · UMass Robotics

Mega‑CAN

The gateway at the center of the quadruped: one gigabit Ethernet link up to the Jetson, CAN buses out to the actuators. A 6‑layer board I co‑designed, and the Zephyr firmware that brings it up.

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03 · Electrical co‑lead · Three legged robots

UMass Robotics

Rover, Wobble, and ShoeMass: a quadruped, a biped that swaps its feet for wheels, and a biped built to test shoes. I run the electrical side across all three.

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04 · Mechanical design · 2026

Torque actuator

A quasi‑direct‑drive joint for small legged robots: a 6:1 double‑helical planetary stage, five revisions in CAD, and the math to go with it.

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05 · Production operator · 2025–present

The factory floor

I work on The Grid: CircuitHub’s factory‑scale robot in Massachusetts that builds circuit boards on demand, one board, one route at a time.

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Freelance · Available

Need something built?

Small scope, honest quotes, documented hand-off — the same standard as everything above.

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