Projects
Full-stack HMI engineering across consulting, research, and personal projects.
Current Work
Parallel projects across industry, academia, and open-source
Personal
Open-source & experiments
Research
2019 - PresentBuilding open HMI platforms
Prosthetics, haptics, e-skin, and biosignal acquisition systems.
Dogbo
Miniature Quadruped Platform
A centimeter-scale robot dog with 12 degrees of freedom for testing balancing and gait algorithms.
Stewart Platform
Parallel Robot Control
Direct CANopen control of a Stewart platform, bypassing legacy hardware for improved performance.

ROBberHand
Robotic Rubber Hand Illusion
A robotic system that enhances the rubber hand illusion - exploring the neuroscience of embodiment.

Noonoo
Autonomous Navigation Testbed
A modified Roomba robot serving as a platform for testing navigation and mapping algorithms.
Prosbot
Medical Robot Test Platform
A precision test platform for evaluating medical robot arm control at ISIR.
SuperThumb
Motor Unit Recording Research
Developing adaptive EMG decomposition for stable motor unit recordings from the thumb muscle.
DeepScreen
Multimodal Haptic Display
A state-of-the-art multimodal interactive system combining visual, audio, and haptic feedback for immersive virtual touch.

Multi-Sensory Tactile Dataset
fingerHAV Research
A comprehensive dataset capturing haptic, audio, and visual signals from human fingertip interactions with textured surfaces.
Growth
2015 - 2019Learning the craft
Engineering studies, CNC machines, first EMG experiments, robotics.

DIY CNC Machine
Learning Manufacturing
A homemade CNC machine designed to both cut and print - my entry into digital fabrication.

ESC Drone Test
Understanding Brushless Motors
A test setup for understanding ESC control signals and brushless motor behavior.

Pathfinder
Academic Robotics
Implementing SLAM, RRT path planning, and neural networks on an e-puck robot - where theory meets practice.

Sauria
Smart Glasses for the Deaf
Smart glasses that alert deaf users to loud sounds and their direction - assistive technology that matters.

Irondog
Life-Size 3D Print
A 1-meter tall faceted 3D model of my sister's dog - when CAD meets love.

EMG Hand Decoding
Master's Thesis at EPFL
My master's thesis - decoding hand movements from muscle signals. The beginning of my prosthetics journey.

Robot Cam
Engineering for Empathy
A remotely-controlled webcam built during COVID-19 to help families connect with hospitalized loved ones.

RPG Helper
Engineering Meets Gaming
A web-based RPG game assistant - because even engineers need hobbies.
Origins
2004 - 2015Taking things apart
Early experiments, learning what breaks and why.
Marble Catcher
Where It All Began
My very first engineering project - a telescoping marble retrieval tool born from playground necessity.

DjBot
First Steps in Electronics
My first electronic project - a robot DJ assembled from McDonald's toys and scrap parts.

DragonBall Sensor
Cosplay Engineering
A wearable power level scouter inspired by Dragon Ball Z, built from hacked McDonald's toys.

Assassin's Blade
Learning from Failure
A retractable hidden blade inspired by Assassin's Creed - and an important lesson about metallurgy.

Color Sorter
First Real Robot
A robot that sorts objects by color using a DIY RGB sensor - my first collaborative robotics project.

Robot Eyelid
Biomimicry Begins
A mechanical recreation of the human eyelid - my first attempt at biomimetic design.

Shock Gun
High Voltage Experiments
A modified airsoft gun with camera flash electronics - exploring high voltage at 14.

Patator
Combustion Chamber Cannon
A homemade combustion cannon - and a close call that taught me about safety.

ArmStrong
First Teleoperated Robot
My first teleoperated arm robot - a wearable exoskeleton that controls a robotic arm in real-time.

LegStrong
Walking Into Robotics
A bipedal robot controlled by a leg exoskeleton - bringing the ArmStrong concept to locomotion.
34 projects spanning 20 years of engineering






