Robot Heart Burning Man Bus

Rebuilding the electrical system of a Burning Man art car in two months

Took over a stalled electrical project for the Robot Heart nonprofit's double-decker bus - delivering complete schematics, wiring harnesses, and preliminary firmware in roughly two months. The bus ran at Burning Man.

Ran at Burning Man · ~2-month turnaround

Role

Electrical Lead

Applied

Electrical SchematicsWiring HarnessFirmwareSystems IntegrationRapid Turnaround

Robot Heart double-decker bus at Burning Man - full sound system operating on the playa, crowd celebrating on both decks under the heart sculpture — FIG 01Robot Heart's double-decker bus at Burning Man, after the electrical rebuild.

My contribution

Took over a stalled electrical project for the Robot Heart nonprofit's double-decker bus.
Delivered complete electrical schematics, wiring harnesses, and preliminary firmware in approximately two months.
Completed the electrical integration on a tight timeline.

Objective

Robot Heart's double-decker bus is an art car whose electrical project had stalled with the event approaching. The job was to take it over and complete it - full schematics and wiring harnesses, plus preliminary firmware - in time for Burning Man.

FIG 02Robot Heart - the nonprofit behind the Burning Man installation.