Hello!
I'm Matthew Zhang. I'm an engineer who loves designing mechanical or electronic systems (many times both!) with a strong focus on a first-principles understanding. I'm currently employed at Tesla working as a mechanical design engineer on the interiors team, where I design interior vehicle door panels for high volume production. As my side hobby, I build combat robots (like the Battlebots TV show) and find tons of enjoyment in engineering reliable, powerful, and creative machines that compete against others in 1 on 1 combat. This website is custom built by myself, and tracks the latest projects that I've been working on.
Recent Projects
See the projects page for more!
A redone version of Eclipse/Moonshot, featuring an revamped chassis, custom hub-motor, and novel tangent-drive system
A 30lb combat robot with a spinning blade mounted at the end of a powerful arm which delivers knockout blows to an opponent's top armor
A custom PCB design which collects metrics from the robot's electronics, and transmits them to a laptop for real time and post-match review