Feedback on Electric Driver Project

[Jeff G]

Hello,

My name is Jeff and I am a mechanical engineer.

1. Here is a New invention Idea: A product which Drives screws into the wall using manual screwdrivers around the house. This is good for elderly people. For example an electric screwdriver with hollow shaft.  Please give me feedback and would you buy this invention ?

Another path is a purely mechanical solution which is an add-on to an exisiting electric drill. What do you think?

2. I have worked at Outrun Robotics in Fremont, CA, which does factory robots such as pick-and-place.

https://outrun.bot/

3. I worked at Vayu Robotics, which was bought by Serve Robotics, an autonomous food delivery robot.

Nice to meet you!

Jeff Georgette

[Thomas Messerschmidt]

Drawing ?

Thomas Messerschmidt

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[Chris Albertson]

I’ve helped a number of older people with some easy projects. Always, when they asked for help, it was not because they could no longer turn a screwdriver. It was because the project itself was larger and more complex and required more mental and physical energy than they could manage. Even with a self-feeding screw gun, installing a screw many times means standing on a step ladder or bending and lifting the object that is being attached with the screw.

I think electric screwdrivers already exist, and as said above, even self-feed screwguns exist. But handling the screw is usually the smallest problem in a project.


About those food delivery robots. A fun story. A couple of weeks ago, I told a Tesla running on self-driving to go to a Whole Foods supermarket. The car works well and can now find and park in parking spots. But as the car was parking, a food delivery robot started to cross the car’s path. What was so fun to watch was that the two robots (my car and the delivery bot) recognised each other and both stopped in their tracks for a second. The food bot rolled backward for a few feet as if to say “you go first”. The car noticed that gesture and parked itself, and then the robot continued on its way.

The backward rolling was not technically needed, but I think it is a form of communication.

About the screwdriver: You are not thinking big enough. I want a humanoid drobot that comes to your house and does the rough plumbing installation for a bathroom remodel. It knows the plumbing code and can climb into crawl spaces, cut and fit pipe, do minor re-framing as required, and will work 24x7 until the job is finished. Basically, it is a journeyman plumber that can do both new construction and repair service. Of course, you can’t have that today. But what would it take? I think today's physical robots are already good enough; it is the software that is lacking.

[Carl Sutter]

Not quite sure I understand, but mating a mechanism to any generic screwdriver would be a challenge since there are so many kinds of handles?  There are ton of low cost electric screwdrivers like these in addition to the bigger battery powered drivers.  https://www.amazon.com/Electric-Screwdriver-Rechargeable-Cordless-Accessories/dp/B0928Q21RC/ref=sxin_17_pa_sp_search_thematic_sspa

As for automatically driving a screw - getting the compliance (angle and pressure) just right is the biggest challenge - tricky even for humans.  As Chris mentioned, holding and loading the screw is also a challenge, as well and selecting the correct driver bit.

[Jeff G]

Hi Thomas,

Here are a few ideas.

The overall concept is similar to an Electric screwdriver, but you can insert your own tools like Phillips head or Allen key.

What do you think?

Thanks

Jeff G

[Thomas Messerschmidt]

Very interesting idea. 

Thomas Messerschmidt

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On Aug 3, 2026, at 5:30 PM, Jeff G <jeffge...@gmail.com> wrote:



Hi Thomas,

Here are a few ideas.

The overall concept is similar to an Electric screwdriver, but you can insert your own tools like Phillips head or Allen key.

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