Bottleneck obliteration via algorithms

Robot Chess:
A Planner that Turned 60 Days into 5

Algorithmic acceleration of production planning

Thesis

Replace brittle manual cell programming with formal methods and optimization to compress NRE and stabilize quality.

Tension

Custom cells and changing geometries made manual planning slow and inconsistent.

Action

Built a robotic assembly planner using Z3, OR-Tools, and ROS2; packaged it as a service.

Result

12× reduction in non-recurring engineering (NRE) time (60→5 days); smoother scheduling and consistent quality.

Meaning

Time-to-value measured in days instead of months.

Model the constraints

Encoded manufacturing heuristics and limits as solver constraints instead of tribal knowledge.

Automate the plan

Generated task and motion programs directly from CAD for unique cells.