Building the future of robotics

Matt Wulff

Roboticist & Mechatronics Engineer turning ideas into intelligent machines.

Tesla Skygauge Entrepreneurs First South Park Commons Tactile Sensing Portek AI
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Tesla Tesla
Skygauge Robotics Skygauge Robotics
South Park Commons South Park Commons
Entrepreneurs First Entrepreneurs First
2Ri Robotics 2Ri Robotics
Visenty Visenty
DeltaHacks DeltaHacks
McMaster Aerial Robotics McMaster Aerial Robotics
OEC OEC
Tesla Tesla
Skygauge Robotics Skygauge Robotics
South Park Commons South Park Commons
Entrepreneurs First Entrepreneurs First
2Ri Robotics 2Ri Robotics
Visenty Visenty
DeltaHacks DeltaHacks
McMaster Aerial Robotics McMaster Aerial Robotics
OEC OEC

Who Am I?

I'm Matt — a Mechatronics Engineering student deep into robotics, embedded systems, and mechanical design. I've been building physical things since I was 8, and I haven't stopped.

My approach: learn by building. Robotic arms, tactile sensors, VLA models, anechoic chambers, Tesla turbines. If I don't understand something, I build it until I do.

I want to work on hard robotics and mechatronics problems — the kind where mechanical design, embedded firmware, and manufacturing constraints all have to be solved together.

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What I've Built

A collection of projects spanning robotics, AI, software, and hardware. Click any to dive deeper.

Embedded Systems

WarStrike Game Controller

Manufacturable iOS game controller with BLE trigger and China production pipeline
Robotics

Robotic Arms

Three iterations with 6 DOF and wireless control
Robotics / Hackathon

Robotic Ball Shooter

Autonomous target-finding robot firing squash balls at 100+ MPH
ML / Robotics

VLA Model

Vision Language Action model on robotic arm
Hardware

Tactile Sensors

Touch sensing for humanoid robots
AI / Security

Visenty

Real-time shoplifting detection platform on App Store
Testing

Anechoic Chamber

Acoustic testing facility for drones
Medical Tech

Auto Pharmacy

Automated pharmaceutical dispensing
Design

Drone Case

Waterproof protective equipment case
Business

3D Alive

3D printing and engineering consulting
Manufacturing

Injection Mold Design

Production tooling for phone cases, logo molds, and multi-cavity shots
Aerospace

VTOL UAV Wing Design

Structural analysis, FEA simulation, and DFM/DFA for a production VTOL wing

Apps

I've shipped 6+ apps to the App Store since I was 19. Swift, SwiftUI, CoreML, Firebase, RevenueCat. I own the full stack on every one: architecture, UI, backend, App Store submission, and iterating on user feedback.

Eloquently
Eloquently feedback screen
Eloquently session
First App · 2022

Eloquently

My first real iOS app — an AI communication coach that listens to your speech in real time, scores your delivery, and gives you targeted feedback on filler words, pacing, and confidence. Built it to solve a problem I had preparing for pitches. Landed on the App Store and taught me everything about Swift, CoreML, and building 0→1.

Swift / SwiftUI CoreML App Store
6+ Apps Shipped

From Eloquently's first TestFlight build to Bold AF's live users, every app added reps in Swift, API integrations, database design, and pushing through App Store review. Visenty, Cibus, nutrition trackers, AI tooling. Full-cycle development, start to finish.

3+ Years Shipping
Latest App · 2025

Bold AF

iOS app for building confidence through daily challenges, streaks, and an AI coach called Bestie. Users are hitting 150-day streaks. Built solo with SwiftUI, Firebase, RevenueCat, and the Claude API. I handled the architecture, UI design, backend, and App Store submission myself.

SwiftUI Claude API Firebase RevenueCat
Bold AF Home
Bold AF Challenge
Bold AF Completed

The Rest of It

I've been building physical things since I was 8. Welding, machining, wiring, fabricating. Not everything makes it into a polished case study, but it all stacks up.

Fabrication

Dune Buggy

Built a fully functional off-road buggy at 15 from salvaged parts. Welded the frame, got it running. My first real mechanical build.

Mechanical

Tesla Turbine

Bladeless turbine running on compressed air. Machined the discs, designed the housing, tested thrust output. Deep dive into disc-based fluid mechanics.

Manufacturing

Spot Welder

High-current spot welder built from a salvaged microwave transformer. Rewound the secondary coil, built the electrodes, used it for welding projects.

Propulsion

Rocket Engine

Built and test-fired propane rockets — water and air cooled, 3D printable designs. Also built solid rocket motors. Worked through nozzle geometry, propellant grain design, and thrust curves.

Embedded

LED Matrix Displays

Large-format LED matrices with custom embedded drivers and real-time animations. Designed the PCB layout, built the panels myself.

Acoustics

Anechoic Chamber

Designed and built a 10x10x10 ft anechoic chamber in a garage for drone noise testing. Achieved 20 dB noise reduction. Structural design, acoustic foam layout, all from scratch.

Robotics

Random Projects Gallery

An ongoing archive of hardware experiments: custom PCBs, motor controllers, sensor arrays, and one-off mechanical builds driven by curiosity.

AI / Software

Portek AI

AI video generation platform. Script in, fully produced video out. Backend, UI, API integrations, and deployment.

Software

Cibus

Full-stack nutrition platform for dietitians. Client management, meal planning, progress tracking. Designed the data model, built the frontend and backend end to end.

Blog

Lessons learned from building robots, startups, and everything in between.

Mar 2025

Vision-Guided Robotics: What I Learned Leading Automation at Tesla

 Mar 2025

The Future of Robotics: Special Purpose, General Purpose, and Space

 Feb 2025

The Humanoid Data Problem: Why We Don't Have Enough

 Feb 2025

Tactile Sensing: The Missing Piece for Humanoids & Why VTLAs Matter

My Journey

From writing my first line of code to founding startups and building robots.

~2008

Started Coding

Wrote my first lines of code at 8 years old. The beginning of an obsession with making things work.

2008 — 2019

Building Through School

Built sketchy robots, apps, and broke everything I could get my hands on. Learned by doing, long before university.

2019 — 2021

CEO & Founder

3D Alive

Founded a 3D printing and engineering consultancy at 16. Ran a multi-printer production farm, delivered CAD design and prototyping services to clients.

Jun — Sep 2022

Automation Technician

2Ri Robotics

Walked in and sold myself for a job they didn't even have posted. Diagnosed, repaired, and recommissioned industrial FANUC robotic systems in production environments.

2022 — 2027

Mechatronics Engineering

McMaster University

B.Eng in Mechatronics. Deep focus on robotics, control systems, and embedded systems.

May — Aug 2023

Product Design

Skygauge Robotics

Designed waterproof drone transport cases, built an acoustic test chamber, automated calibration processes saving $300/drone.

Sep 2023 — Aug 2024

BIW Manufacturing Engineering

Tesla

Led Vision-Guided Robotics initiatives across 10+ global teams. Designed BIW production lines for 20K units/week. Led my own development line in China. Wrote the DFM handbook used by manufacturing engineers across Tesla.

Mar — Aug 2025

Mechanical Lead

McMaster Aerial Robotics

Led the drone team through design, testing, and autonomous systems development.

Jul 2025 — Present

Founder & CTO

Stealth AI Startup | Entrepreneurs First | South Park Commons

Embarked on a founder journey building across mobile apps, software for nutritionists, an AI image generation platform, AI-powered shoplifting prevention and facial recognition, robotics hardware, and tactile sensing. Led customer discovery and early growth while participating as a fellow at two of San Francisco’s top accelerators: Entrepreneurs First and South Park Commons.

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