Root3 Labs

Expert technical advisory and mentorship from senior engineers to guide product strategy, scope requirements, and de-risk development before hardware investment.

• Strategic advisory / senior engineering mentorship
• Technical requirements definition
• Concept evaluation and feasibility assessment

Custom R&D to answer hard technical questions quickly: sensor characterization, custom actuators, UAV platforms, and bespoke data-collection instrumentation.

• Sensor characterization
• Feasibility prototyping
• Custom actuators
• Research instrumentation
• Test fixtures
• Custom sUAV platforms
• Custom data-collection platforms and jigs

Form-factor exploration, concept generation, sketching, and digital concept development to shape how a product looks, feels, and is used.

• Concept generation and exploration / sketching
• Concept evaluation and refinement
• Form factor exploration
• User interaction mapping
• Digital concept development

Detailed mechanical design, design-for-manufacturing optimization, thermal management, and iterative refinement through functional prototyping.

• Detailed engineering and design
• Design for Manufacturing (DFM) optimization
• Thermal management
• Functional prototyping
• Design review

Custom PCB design, signal analysis, embedded systems, breadboard evaluation, and hand soldering for electronics development.

• Custom PCB design
• Embedded systems / controls firmware
• Signal analysis
• Breadboard evaluation
• Hand soldering and PCB assembly

In-house fabrication across CNC machining, welding, 3D printing, laser cutting, vacuum forming, silicone molding, sheet metal, and powder coating.

• CNC machining (Fadal 4020 VMC, Bridgeport mill)
• CNC plasma cutting
• TIG welding
• 3D printing
• Laser engraving / cutting
• Silicone molding and casting
• Vacuum forming
• Sheet metal bending
• Powder coat and paint
• Industrial sewing
• Vinyl laminations

End-to-end product development from concept to manufactured product, coordinating mechanical, electrical, firmware, and fabrication to meet deadlines and regulatory compliance.

• Regulatory compliance design
• Manufacturability review

Hardware R&D for medical devices including prosthetics, diagnostics, and wellness products, designed to regulatory standards.

Translating basic research into rugged prototypes for field testing and data collection in support of the Warfighter and federal research programs.

Rapid design reviews and engineering support for manufacturers wrestling with technology problems, production scaling, or field-failure analysis.

• Rapid design reviews
• Manufacturing issue troubleshooting