Problem Solver
Said Yakhyoev
Areas Said Yakhyoev is Knowledgeable in:
I am knowledgeable in cable and fiber optical infrastructure buildouts:
- placing cables on aerial poles, placing into underground conduits, splicing terminating and testing challenges, type of physical obstacles (trees, environment)
- I have experience in inside (in-building) cabling, telecommunications equipment, placement in hard-to-reach areas
I have experience with software development, computer vision, machining and CAD modeling
- placing cables on aerial poles, placing into underground conduits, splicing terminating and testing challenges, type of physical obstacles (trees, environment)
- I have experience in inside (in-building) cabling, telecommunications equipment, placement in hard-to-reach areas
I have experience with software development, computer vision, machining and CAD modeling
Techniques Said Yakhyoev Uses:
I may use either analogies or build-up the solution from list of skills that I have:
1) I may notice an analogy solutions / existing solutions from another discipline that I may try to adapt; these usually for simple solutions, e.g. Germans used pressurized water to rapidly dig and place poles on Normandy beaches. We used pressure washers to aid in drilling wooden fence posts in hard soil.
2) or offer/attempt to come up with more complicated solutions from skills and interests I have. My project to build a powertool to rapidly attach/detach coax lines (think power ratchet-wrench but there is cable extending from the nut) from study of machining (gear train design) and electronics (hall-effect to position gear)
3) I am re-visiting the TRIZ problem solving methodology to look at some problems from different perspective; I am impressed that is Law of Technical Systems and how it closely reflects current evolution of consumer products and industrial machines
1) I may notice an analogy solutions / existing solutions from another discipline that I may try to adapt; these usually for simple solutions, e.g. Germans used pressurized water to rapidly dig and place poles on Normandy beaches. We used pressure washers to aid in drilling wooden fence posts in hard soil.
2) or offer/attempt to come up with more complicated solutions from skills and interests I have. My project to build a powertool to rapidly attach/detach coax lines (think power ratchet-wrench but there is cable extending from the nut) from study of machining (gear train design) and electronics (hall-effect to position gear)
3) I am re-visiting the TRIZ problem solving methodology to look at some problems from different perspective; I am impressed that is Law of Technical Systems and how it closely reflects current evolution of consumer products and industrial machines
Said Yakhyoev's Problem Solving Skills:
- Fiber optic splicing and assembly
- Telecom cable infrastructure building - aerial and underground placement, testing
- Cable placing inside buildings, walls, hard to reach areas
Said Yakhyoev's Problem Solving Experience:
- I am currently working on a tool to attach/detach cable cable to terminals on utility poles while standing on the ground, without relying on ladder or bucket trucks.
Leveraging inexpensive cnc parts and machine vision, the tool is envisioned to be a semi-automatic device attached to a long pole. Operator manually grabs/attaches the tool to the fiber terminal, while machine performs rest of work automatically (visually detect and unplugs caps, screw-in cable and detaches cables).
The aim is to avoid carrying ladders into backyards and reduce risk from climbing onto utility poles for line connection or testing. One of the challenges of traditionally ladder-climbing is obstruction of path and footings where ladders must be planted.
This solution is a testing of individual mechanical components: (grabbing 7/16 hex cap, positioning and motor selection) and software (recognizing hex cap via machine vision at different distances and lighting) - I developed a remotely operated machine that fits inside fiber optic distribution cabinet allowing remotely connecting cables into one of the 288 ports.
Machine allowed one person to do a task that always required two persons.
Remote control now allowed testing-and-correcting the fibers as they are spliced as opposed to a separate operation with a second person and typically on another date.
This solution is at the stage of functional prototype and fielded testing