Luxo Jr Animatronic
Desktop animatronic based on Pixar's Intro built as a hobby project. WIP
Hi! I'm Avrick, an electrical engineering & math student at Duke University.
I was born in Los Angeles, and have always loved creating projects in robotics, manufacturing/fabrication, and the intersection between engineering and art. My love when my projects don't just work, but have a polished feel. My other interests range from game development to escape rooms to a-capella.
If you're interested in chatting please reach out! You can find me at avrick[dot]altmann[at]duke[dot]edu.
I'm always captivated by working on some personal project. Right now I'm working on an animatronic version of the Pixar Lamp.
Professionally, I recently interned at Applied Invention, working in agricultural robotics, and was a founding engineer at Ganglion creating a low-cost pupilometer.
Desktop animatronic based on Pixar's Intro built as a hobby project. WIP
Summers of 2025 and 2026 at a robotics R&D company.
Software Lead creating an autonomous underwater vehicle. Fun controls software challenge.
Design, code, and soundtrack small games. Won the largest game jam in North Carolina.
Founding Engineer. Prototyped low-cost pupilometer and entered clinical trials.
My first project with the sole goal of aesthetics. Had fun with CAD scripting and a manual lathe.
Unique project prototyping a more naturalistic vampire bat feeder for use at the NC Zoo.
Created a few automated props for various local shows.
Team Captain of 50 person team. Each year we built and programmed a new robot in 2 months for a different task.