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Ryken D'Estaing DeVilleneuve

I build systems that keep running after I walk away: a voice assistant on Raspberry Pis, overnight render pipelines, a home server, and the 3D-printed parts that hold it all together.

Robotics3D printingHardware SoftwarePipelinesTheory
Bench spec
On benchSoft robot, 40–50 cm (design)
Primary rigRyzen 7 7800X3D · RTX 5070
Render rigRyzen 7 5700X · RTX 3080 · 64 GB
PrinterPrusa CORE One
Nodes2× Raspberry Pi 4B · OptiPlex server · NAS
Render window05:00–09:00 nightly
House ruleOwn the hardware. Rent nothing I can run.
9Systems in service
3On the bench
700+Clips rendered, AutoVid
6Devices on my tailnet
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On the bench now
Baymax soft robotIn design

A 40–50 cm Baymax fan build, done the way the film implies: a rigid carbon-fiber PETG skeleton inside a soft white body that a small blower keeps inflated. v1 stands on wide feet, turns his head and moves both arms. No walking, no dynamic balance.

cf-petg on prusa core one · raspberry pi 4b · pca9685 · 5× metal-gear servos · ripstop nylon · 50 mm blower
Design callStability comes from wide feet and a low center of mass, not from air. Air pockets are too slow to balance anything.
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