Ozero Footwear
The Oᵒ platform embodies a world where design and digital fabrication are vertically integrated with biomaterial production systems to achieve programmable decomposition of goods designed for the mutual benefit of ecosystems and the environments around them. We built a prototypical setup displaying the manufacture of the product as well as a retail experience around the product.
Client : Oxman
Scope : Industrial Engineering
Date : 2025
Location : New York , NY
Robotic Manufacturing
The project started with the invention of non planar 3d printing to create a footwear project. I worked on the original setup using collaborative robots, a custom printing setup, and custom code.
A shoe being robotically manufactured
A custom robotic cell with extruders for non planar printing
Nick Loading a sock onto a last ready to run a new print
A shoe being robotically manufactured
A custom robotic cell with extruders for non planar printing
Nick Loading a sock onto a last ready to run a new print
Footwear Design
The process itself required a re imagining of how footwear should be made from ground up. I developed a processes for working polymers as well as custom shoe generation software.
A variety of different shoes that came from the same manufacturing system.
The shoes are made out of fully biodegradable polymers.
Engineering & Patents
I invented a method for achieving higher levels of absolute tolerance in collaborative robots. This was achieved through a feedback loop embedded in our custom slicing software which took physical measurement data through a a laser sensor. This data was used to account for any manufacturing or assembly defects in the print substrate or shoe last.
Primary inventor on US20250121557A1 (Published)
Lead inventor on pending application 18/912,928
Provisional filed for dual-extruder non-planar 3D printing system.
Architected multi-axis fabrication platforms integrating 6-axis UR robots and custom 5-axis machines.
