Luke Salazar

Mechanical Engineering · University of California, Davis

Working on the Crush Depth ROV

Contact

Salazar.Luke@hotmail.com | (559) 477-6951 | www.linkedin.com/in/luke-salazar-63020129b

Projects

Crush Depth 2026

Co-CEO and Chief Design Officer of a 48-member MATE ROV team: cable penetrators, cycloidal drive, camera housings.

Logarithmic Gripper

Meter-long bio-inspired gripper driven by logarithmic spiral geometry, from MATLAB to SolidWorks to print.

Cycloidal Robotic Arm

4-DOF camera arm with near zero-backlash cycloidal drives on every joint.

Crush Depth 2025

Lead additive manufacturer and mechanical designer: thruster shrouds, TPU leg joints, print tuning.

PERRY

Autonomous profiling float with a syringe buoyancy engine and multi-stage waterproofing.