Spot Defender
The Spot Defender is a rugged mount that allows the Trimble X7 3D laser scanner to be remotely operated on the back of a Boston Dynamics Spot robot. There were several key requirements needed for a successful marriage of these technologies. The mount needed to properly position the X7 relative to all of the other accessories potentially […]
Liz Ruchte
Liz has hands-on experience delivering solutions at all stages of development-from concept through volume manufacturing. She is passionate about empowering human ingenuity to promote innovation. Her technical expertise and experience in product development gives her a holistic perspective and an understanding of factors that drive project requirements and success. Liz earned her degree in mechanical […]
Proudly Celebrating 15 Years!
Like many of our projects, Pump Studios started as an idea—to create a company that was innovative, flexible, and ever-changing for the needs of our clients. A design firm specializing in mechanical engineering with the stability and insight to adapt to our changing environment and the evolving technology of a demanding market. We are proud […]
Redesigning Today’s Work Space
Here at Pump Studios, we take products from ideation, to prototype, to production every day. We constantly design, prototype, test, re-design, re-prototype, re-test and repeat to make sure we find the best solution for our clients. Sometimes we are creating a new solution to a problem, other times we are redesigning an existing product to […]
Building for Today, Designing for Our Future
Sustainability. It is a concept and increasingly an innovation imperative, officially shedding some of its last “not a top priority” status. Sustainability is no longer seen as just “a nice to have” in an industry setting and is now being championed as a prominent and shared value among companies, brands, and consumers alike. For Pump […]
The Big Idea
Usually when a startup walks through the door, the project they are pitching is a grand vision – not a refresh of an existing product or a refinement on feature in a larger assembly, but rather a bold vision that will form the basis of a company that will (hopefully) be a successful endeavor for […]