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Geko
Modular tool for every task
Fall 2025 | 8 weeks
Software: Solidworks, Keyshot, Arduino IDE
Skillset: Functional Prototyping, UX testing,
CMF, CAD, visualization & animation
Geko is a modular precision
tool equipped with swappable
heads, built for casual DIYers.
Many people have a drawer full of tools. Most sit untouched.
Image from WIRED
Driver. Drill. Dremel.
Small tasks, scattered tools.
Usage frequency varies widely across the tools.
Nearly identical internals, three separate housings.
More to store, more space needed to store it.
Each tool requires its own storage, charge, and eventual replacement. The solution?
One shared battery and brain. Not three tools separate tools.
Testing the grip and form,
in the hand.
Initial 3D-printed prototypes tested ergonomics
and proportion, exploring forms that would feel
right to hold.
Refining the form through CAD
iterations, one layer at a time.
Iterating on the
functional details.
Deciding how
the module splits.
Exploring the
main body form.
Every part, refined in parallel.
3D-printed iterations tested fit tolerances between the tool and
case to refine the case mechanism, while helping clarify the
details the tool's design still needed.
Prototypes were made functional to
feel real, and modular to test fast.
This enabled rich insights on
the usability of the product.
Testing with users surfaced how the grip,
buttons, and mechanism held up in daily use,
revealing what worked and what didn't.
A working build, proving the concept.
A fully working prototype tested the pogo-pin connection and core mechanisms, confirming the design worked as intended.
Exploring the CMF, playful yet purposeful.
Explorations tested how playful the palette could be while still feeling like a capable tool,
with the two-tone split intended as a cue for where the module separates from the body.
One tool for every job.
Slide in, click,
ready to go.
The frame acts as a guide rail,
aligning each module as it slides
into place for connection.
Driver. Rotary. Drill.
Whatever the job calls for.
An interaction that
feels as good as it works.
Pogo pins link the top half, holding the brain
and battery, to the module half with the controls,
joining them into a single working tool.
A compact case to,
store and carry it all.
Every module and its bits stored inside.
A magnetic mat sticks to the outside, acting
as a small workspace when needed.
Built as the tool's frame.
Doubles as the case handle.
Store it, your way.
Built for repairability.
© 2026 YASH GHULE INDUSTRIAL DESIGN.
© 2026 YASH GHULE INDUSTRIAL DESIGN.