LeHelpingHand: Your Soldering Helper and Our Hugging Face Hackathon Journey

LeHelpingHand is a robotic helping hand for soldering, built during the Hugging Face AI Robotics Hackathon in Munich. This the story of how we used LeRobot and SmolVLA to create an intelligent robot that can grab and move printed circuit boards (PCBs).

Date: 2025-06-17
Author: Abdullah Al-Hatem
Taxonomy: projects | robotics, AI, LeRobot, SmolVLA, projects, hackathon
Reading time: 5'

RoboLens, My Master's Thesis

RoboLens is a way to control robots using HoloLens based on WoT (Web of Things) protocols.

Date: 2025-05-01
Author: Abdullah Al-Hatem
Taxonomy: projects | robotics, hololens, wot, unity, projects, python
Reading time: 8'

Just created a CMakeLists.txt for the Cyclone Physics Engine

brining the Cyclone Physics Engine to the 21st century with a CMakeLists.txt file

Date: 2024-08-29
Author: Abdullah Al-Hatem
Taxonomy: showing off | cmake, c++, simulation, gamedev
Reading time: 1'

A quick trip through i3 and back

Do I really need a tiling window manager, or do I just want the street cred that comes from using one?

Date: 2024-05-15
Author: Abdullah Al-Hatem
Taxonomy: takes | window managers, gnome, i3, ubuntu
Reading time: 4'

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