BotFactory is one of the pioneers of the Agile Electronics movement by enabling users to fully print and

assemble PCBs from their desktop using additive manufacturing. In this presentation we explore

Structural Electronics, an area where the electronics and the structural aspect of a device are fused into

a single unit. The presentation will cover an introduction to Structural Electronics, analyzing some of the

different processes currently used and ends with an analysis of a purely additive process.

Carlos Ospina is a Co-Founder and the CTO at BotFactory Inc. He has a Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science and a Bachelor's Degree in Electronics Engineering from Universidad de los Andes at Bogota, Colombia. He also has a Master's Degree in Computer Engineering from the Tandon School of Engineering at NYU and a Master's in Business and Science from Rutgers University. His current interests include electronics design, software development and Agile methodologies for both hardware and software development. He is currently leading the team that created the company's products: desktop devices that enable rapid prototyping of fully assembled PCBs.

Building electronic devices has always been a compromise between cost, flexibility and time. BotFactory is born with the idea of providing all three, anywhere and to everyone. By combining technologies like inkjet, extrusion and machine vision, BotFactory's products democratize electronics design by providing the tools to easily print and assemble electronic circuits at the Lab, Office or Home.