Welcome Carl Bugeja!

Carl lives and works in Malta
He got started with robotics at his university
Carl recently announced he would be launching a new company
The company is called Microbots and they will sell components and kits for building similar projects to what Carl shows on his channel
BigHero6 reference
https://microbots.io/products/flatflap
Max PCB temp is 130C
Driven by series resistance of coil
Tg value of PCBs
A circuit that can solder itself
How hot can a Flex PCB get?
Batch vs raster
Do you math?
Tryng to get the perfect temperatures and dealing with flex materials
Dealing with manufacturing differnces
Scanning PCB Coils with X-Rays
Sending PCB specs
Incoming inspection and testing
Testing boards with resistance
Time flap produce
User testing
Drive circuits – How do you evaluate?
Don’t build your own H Bridge
Optimizing for size
Is Carl looking for other features?
Building libraries for driver
Foldable 4 wheeled robot , an all one PCB
ESP32-C3, connected to playstation remote
Boston Dynamics uncanny valley
Gathering on social
Top down vs bottom up (start at the top)
Prior to YouTube, Carl worked at a startup
- Drones – 2 prop
- Bluetooth tags
Later he moved to the automotive industry
- Concept vehicles
- Software
What’s in Malta?
Building a remote electronics business
Remote actuators on a PCB
Microbots Flexar Driver
Driving down the price per cell
Similar to how they drove down the cost of LCD displays
Pixel, voxel, moxel, maxel?
Flipdots
PCB Actuation
Find Carl on YouTube and Instagram, and check out his work on the new Microbots site!

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