Bilal SabugarRobotics & product engineeringLet’s talk

Selected work / My contribution & the results

Robotics & software.

Physical robots, the software that controls them, and tools that make engineering work easier. Explore my contribution, the design decisions and what exists today.

7 case studies

Machines & the systems behind them

Team-built platforms: from physical structure to control, perception and experiments.

Source CAD render of the Novexa hexapod with six articulated legs

Hexapod · Aetheron Labs / team project

Novexa

01

An 18-joint hexapod built from a modular, 3D-printed structure, servo-driven legs and an Arduino-based control system.

My contribution
Mechanical design, fabrication & integration
What you can inspect
Physical prototype · CAD files · Journal paper
Experimental prototypeRead the case study
OSRS source architecture figure connecting camera and load-cell feedback to the controller, hardware and dashboard

Robot control · Collaborative platform

OSRS

02

A robotics platform that connects hardware, camera feedback, simulation and a live control dashboard for repeatable experiments.

My contribution
Platform engineering & online system identification
What you can inspect
Source code · 20-trial SIL results · Technical report
Open-source research platformRead the case study

Software for specific problems

Research, work and decision tools, with each project’s purpose and development stage kept clear.

Actual RoboScout static torque calculator showing inputs, calculated torque and engineering assumptions
Actual application · Static torque calculator

Engineering research · Open source

RoboScout

03

An engineering research tool that connects component selection to source documents, torque calculations and reviewable reports.

My contribution
Product direction & engineering workflow design
What you can inspect
Application source · Architecture · Sizing routines
Public software projectRead the case study
Actual WIRK local workspace showing the starter task dashboard and focus controls
Local-only preview · Bundled starter data

Productivity · Community edition

WIRK

04

A browser-based workspace that keeps task planning, focus sessions and a private journal together, with an optional AI assistant.

My contribution
Independent community-edition project
What you can inspect
Application source · Local storage · Import / export
Open-source community editionRead the case study
Actual RecoverOS command center running its built-in simulation with synthetic payment data, not real revenue
Simulation / test mode · Not real revenue

Decision systems · Prototype

RecoverOS

05

A payment-recovery prototype that checks proposed retry actions against policy rules and records outcomes only after gateway confirmation.

My contribution
Independent decision-system prototype
What you can inspect
Source code · Synthetic evaluations · Test-mode flow
Simulation and test-mode prototypeRead the case study
Actual Calm Pulse web prototype welcome screen with its static sample conversation and entry form
Web prototype · Static sample conversation

Wellness app · Team prototype

Calm Pulse

06

A mobile wellness prototype combining mood and sleep tracking, journaling, breathing exercises and AI-assisted conversation.

My contribution
Back-end development within a four-person team
What you can inspect
React Native app source · Credited team roles
Team-built prototypeRead the case study
Actual Nook local document preview showing an audit-created page that explicitly labels simulated capabilities
Experimental workspace · Review-created sample data

AI workspace · Experimental prototype

Nook

07

An open-source workspace prototype connecting editable documents, coworker profiles and model-provider interfaces, with simulated computer tools.

My contribution
Independent repository · Workspace prototype
What you can inspect
Working document editor · Local persistence · Inspectable route handlers
Experimental local workspaceRead the case study

Coursework / Robotics / Since May 2026

T.H.O.M.A.S.
Learning to find a route.

An autonomous maze-solving robot developed as AI & Robotics coursework. The work starts in simulation and is moving toward physical hardware.

Navigation without a map

The simulated robot uses Q-learning and line-sensor observations to learn navigation without access to a map. My CV records training and testing across different maze layouts in MuJoCo.

The next stage covers mechanical design, electronics and control-system integration. No physical maze-solving result or measured success rate is claimed here.

Discuss robot learning
Context
AI & Robotics coursework
Current stage
Simulation work; physical-hardware development
Technical focus
Q-learning · MuJoCo · Line-sensor navigation
Available record
Project description in my CV · No separate demo or test report is linked yet.

Earlier work & smaller repositories

More from the archive.

Smaller applications and programming exercises. Browse the code on GitHub; the selected work above offers a closer look at my current interests.

video-downloader-apiPythonpython-mini-projectsPythonNumberGamePythonTrueRecipesJavaScriptBook-SantaJavaScriptExplore Aetheron Labs and its programs