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Saheem Ahmad Khan
Mechanical Lead · Orangewood Labs Inc.

Mechanical &Robotics Engineer.

I design cobot cells, special purpose machines and end-of-arm tooling, and take them from CAD through fabrication to commissioning on the shop floor.

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I take automation from a sketch to a machine that runs on the shop floor: cobot cells, special purpose machines and end-of-arm tooling, designed for manufacture, built with the fabricators, and commissioned next to the people who use them every day.

Who I am

I'm the Mechanical Lead at Orangewood Labs Inc. (YC W18). I own mechanical design end to end: concept, DFM, fabrication and deployment of robotic automation for industrial clients.

I lead a team of three engineers and hold a B.Tech, Mechanical and Automation Engineering from Maharaja Agrasen Institute of Technology, New Delhi. Ten-plus systems deployed, each one built around a single hard mechanical problem.

More about me

Orangewood Labs

10+

Automation systems deployed

Robotic coffee system

80%

Less manual work

Priyagold pick & place

12 s

Cycle, down from 2 min

Cashify testing box

98%

Phone surface inspected

What I do

From first sketchto signed-off commissioning.

The tools and methods behind every cell, grouped by where they show up in a build.

Design software

SolidWorks, Fusion 360, AutoCAD, CATIA, Creo, RoboDK, ANSYS.

  • SolidWorks5+ yrs
  • Fusion 3605+ yrs
  • AutoCAD3+ yrs
  • CATIA
  • Creo
  • RoboDK
  • ANSYS

Manufacturing

GD&T, DFM / DFA, Sheet metal, CNC machining, Injection molding, Pneumatic systems.

  • GD&T
  • DFM / DFA
  • Sheet metal
  • CNC machining
  • Injection molding
  • Pneumatic systems

Robots

Elite cobots, Fairino cobots.

  • Elite cobots
  • Fairino cobots

Ways of working

Team leadership & mentoring, Client coordination, Cross-functional collaboration, End-to-end project ownership.

  • Team leadership & mentoring
  • Client coordination
  • Cross-functional collaboration
  • End-to-end project ownership
How I got here

From an AMR built at IIT Delhito leading mechanical design for robotic cells.

  1. 01

    Orangewood Labs Inc.

    Mechanical Lead · YC W18 · Feb 2024 — Present

    • Lead end-to-end mechanical design, DFM, fabrication and deployment of robotic automation systems for industrial clients.
    • Designed and deployed 10+ systems, including SPMs, robotic cells and pick-and-place stations, from concept to shop-floor commissioning.
    • Applied DFM and GD&T across projects, reducing assembly rejection rates and material costs.
    • Lead and mentor a team of 3 engineers, from task planning and design reviews to on-time milestone delivery.
  2. 02

    IIT Delhi — AIA FSM

    Robotics Intern · Jun 2023 — Sep 2023

    • Designed detailed CAD models and URDF configurations for an AMR, fully compatible with ROS and the existing robotics stack.
    • Fabricated, assembled and tested the AMR, optimising structural integrity and validating real-world performance.
  3. 03

    Maharaja Agrasen Institute of Technology

    B.Tech, Mechanical and Automation Engineering · 2020 — 2024

    Maharaja Agrasen Institute of Technology, New Delhi

Selected work

Seven production systems,each built around one hard problem.

Cobot cells, special purpose machines and inspection rigs, taken from CAD to the shop floor.

LenskartConsumer optics

1:22min / frame

Cycle time

Eyewear Frame Cleaning SPM

A four-jig cobot cell that strips excess paint from eyewear frames, a delicate step that was slow and inconsistent by hand.

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PG ElectroplastElectrical components

5–7parts / min

Throughput

Knob Assembly SPM

A turntable machine with a cobot, vibratory feeder and stamping station that assembles a Honeywell knob without an operator in the loop.

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JJ TechnoplastAutomotive

1:45min / part

Cycle time

Plasma Treatment & Gluing Line

A turnkey line of two robotic cells that plasma-treats and glues TATA Sierra door panels, linked by a jigged conveyor.

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Surya Food Agro — PriyagoldFood processing

2 min → 12 s

Cycle time

Butter Paper Cup Pick & Place

A cobot cell that picks 64 butter paper cups at once from a magazine tray and places them onto a moving output tray.

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Orangewood LabsFood service

−80%

Manual work

Robotic Coffee Brewing System

A 6-axis robot arm that brews, dispenses and serves espresso drinks while keeping to traditional preparation standards.

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ALPLAPackaging

0

Tooling changeover

Automated Bottle Packing Cell

An end-of-line robotic cell that picks bottles off a conveyor and packs them into boxes in a predefined arrangement.

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CashifyConsumer electronics

200mm / s

Gantry speed

Phone Cosmetic & Function Testing Box

A compact inspection box with a 2-axis gantry, tuned lighting and cameras that grades a used phone's cosmetic and functional condition.

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Recognition

Judged by peoplewho build things too.

Finalist, Flipkart Grid 5.0

Robotics theme

Winner, STEM India Innovation Challenge

STEM Summit and Awards, organised by AICRA

2023

Second place, Pitch Your Idea Summit

Portable milling CNC

Contact

Have a processthat should run itself?

Open to mechanical design and robotics roles, and to automation projects from concept to commissioning.

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