Hiro Sakuma

01  Portfolio  ·  2026

Hiro Sakuma

Mechanical Engineering at Georgia Tech.

I design robots, build them, and write the software they need to work.

Selected workResume PDF

Right now

Designing for RoboJackets RoboNav at Georgia Tech and researching at Maki Lab in University of Tokyo.

Experience

All roles
  1. 01

    Space Robotics Lab @ Keio University

    Research Intern · Yokohama, Japan

    I had the opportunity to intern at Keio University's Space Robotics Group lab under the Junior Research Experience Program. At the lab, I was tasked with designing, fabricating, and documenting my work as I built an automated cell cultivation observation system.

    Summer 2024
  2. 02

    Jaybots FTC Robotics Team @ John Jay High School

    CAD Lead & Vice President · Hopewell Junction, NY

    Our high school robotics team, Jaybots, competed in the FIRST Tech Challenge (FTC) and advanced multiple times to the state championship as well as to the World Championship in 2025. As CAD Lead I designed each season's robot end-to-end, and as VP I managed the team and mentored younger members.

    Fall 2021 – Spring 2025
  3. 03

    RoboJackets @ Georgia Tech

    Member — RoboCup & RoboNav · Atlanta, GA

    Continuing my passion for robotics, I joined RoboJackets and its subteams RoboCup and RoboNav. Both introduced me to professional CAD environments — Autodesk Inventor and SolidWorks respectively — and I competed in the Mini Rover Challenge as part of RoboNav onboarding.

    Fall 2025 – Present
  4. 04

    The Environmental Defense Initiative (NPO)

    Chief Technology Officer · Remote

    As CTO at TEDI, I lead the IT infrastructure of the organization and manage website development. We built the platform from scratch using React and TailwindCSS, featuring a custom blog editor, member-exclusive pages, improved SEO, and a petition tracking system — all now open sourced.

    Summer 2024 – Present

Selected work

All projects
  1. 01

    Hero Utilities

    2024

    A collection of open source CAD utilities to help aspiring engineers with creating complex parts. My project is able to create custom parts such as gears — which often require complex math and lots of design iteration — with just a few inputs.

    Software · CAD · Open Source

  2. 02

    Center Stage

    2023

    Designed in my second year as CAD Lead. The Jaybots website features all the awards our team won with this robot. This year we experimented with rendering robot designs in Blender to produce high-quality presentation assets.

    Robotics · CAD · FTC

  3. 03

    Power Play

    2022

    After a year of experience I was elected as the sole CAD Lead/Architect for varsity team Jaybots FTC #16700. This robot was designed entirely by me and won several awards throughout the season.

    Robotics · CAD · FTC

Let’s connect.

Looking for internships, research opportunities, and collaborations in mechanical engineering and robotics. If you have something interesting in motion, send a note.

Atlanta, GA