Husain Altelly · Robotics & AI student

Robotics.
From the
inside out.

I’m a Khalifa University student exploring how hardware, control, and software come together.

Hardware · Algorithms · Useful software

Understand it.
Build it.
Make it move.

From a balancing robot to planning algorithms and learning tools, each project is a chance to connect theory with something tangible.

Abu Dhabi · Summer 2027 internships

Curious minds.
Meaningful work.

I’m looking for an internship where I can learn from experienced engineers and contribute to practical robotics and AI work.

Yale OpenHand T42 fabrication CAD reconstructed into a dark studio scene with tendon-driven fingers.
MODEL T42 / YALE OPENHANDYale OpenHand CAD · illustrative assembly and motion
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Selected work · Robotics

Ideas become real
at the workbench.

Physical hardware, planning algorithms, and the lessons that come from making them work.

Blender concept of a two-wheeled balancing robot with a layered chassis, controller board and motor driver.

01 / Sensing & control

Two-Wheeled Balancing Robot

A physical robot that estimates its tilt and drives its wheels to recover balance. A lesson in the distance between a control loop and real hardware.

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A three-dimensional explanatory map with obstacles, a growing search tree and a highlighted path.

02 / Algorithms & simulation

Robot Motion Planning

Two sampling-based planners, visualized in Python. A parameter harness explores 54 configurations across RRT and PRM.

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Yale OpenHand T42 fabrication CAD reconstructed into a dark studio scene with tendon-driven fingers.

03 / Mechanisms & actuation

Model T42 Robotic Gripper

A team implementation of the Yale OpenHand design, bringing together mechanism analysis, assembly, and motor calibration.

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Selected work · Software

Tools for people.
Room to learn.

Team prototypes that bring AI into conversation, practice, and playful exploration.

Three-dimensional Flowra interface concept showing conversation reflection, practice and a synthetic audio waveform.

04 / Human–AI interaction

Flowra

A conversation-coaching prototype for transcript review, response practice, and live audio assistance. Winner of the Most Useful track at the Socia Global Build Challenge.

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Original Blender lander concept descending toward a marked surface, illustrating educational landing mechanics.

05 / Educational simulation

AURORA Mission X

An educational landing simulator with 14 configured stages, Gemini guidance, and an interactive Q-learning demonstration.

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More things I’ve explored

Hackathon prototype · 2026

Adaptive City

A conversational prototype for navigating UAE services, transport and everyday questions, with links to official resources and optional saved links.

Next.js · TypeScript · Gemini · Supabase

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Grand Challenges · 2024

Hand-sign recognition

An early team project exploring how recognized hand gestures could become text or speech. My first steps into computer vision and designing for accessible communication.

Python · Image processing · Pattern recognition

Computer Engineering coursework at Khalifa University

In the lab

Small experiments.
Practical foundations.

Motion Planning Algorithms for Robotics

TurtleBot3 mapping & localization

LiDAR-based SLAM in simulation and on the physical robot. ROS 2, Gazebo, RViz and Cartographer.

With Mohammed Muqeet and Wenke Li. Diagram is illustrative.

AI-enhanced illustration based on the team’s TurtleBot3 test arena photograph. Fine detail is reconstructed; refer to the original photograph or recorded demonstration for project evidence.
AI-enhanced illustration based on the team’s TurtleBot3 test arena photograph. Fine detail is reconstructed; refer to the original photograph or recorded demonstration for project evidence.Husain Altelly, Mohammed Muqeet and Wenke Li — Motion Planning Algorithms for Robotics.
TurtleBot3 · mapping & localizationWatch the recorded demonstration

TurtleBot3 mapping and localization — Motion Planning Algorithms for Robotics, October 2025.

Husain Altelly; lab report teammates Mohammed Muqeet and Wenke LiOpen on YouTube ↗
Explore the mapping view
AI-enhanced illustration based on the team’s TurtleBot3 map photograph. Fine detail is reconstructed; refer to the original photograph or recorded demonstration for project evidence.
AI-enhanced illustration based on the team’s TurtleBot3 map photograph. Fine detail is reconstructed; refer to the original photograph or recorded demonstration for project evidence.Husain Altelly, Mohammed Muqeet and Wenke Li — Motion Planning Algorithms for Robotics.

Electronic Circuits

Motor interfacing

PIR-triggered servo movement and DC motor speed and direction control using MicroPython.

With Mohammed Muqeet. Diagram is illustrative.

PIR-triggered servo movementWatch the recorded demonstration

PIR-triggered servo motor demonstration. ROBO 205 Lab 9, April 2026.

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DC motor · speed & directionWatch the recorded demonstration

DC motor speed and direction control. ROBO 205 Lab 9, April 2026.

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Beyond the projects

Curious about machines.
Interested in people.

Husain Altelly — Robotics & AI student at Khalifa University.
Husain Altelly — Robotics & AI student at Khalifa University.Courtesy of Husain Altelly.

I’m Husain Altelly, a Robotics & AI student at Khalifa University in Abu Dhabi. My projects span robot control, motion planning and software prototypes built with teammates. I’m interested in turning ideas into systems I can build, test and explain. Beyond my coursework, I serve as Vice President of KUEIC and enjoy photography.

KUEIC Vice President
Vice President, Khalifa University Entrepreneurship and Innovation Club (KUEIC). January 2026–present.
Robotics & AI student
Expected graduation: May 2028
Flowra · Most Useful award
Socia Global Build Challenge · With Majd Alddin Sukkary
Dean’s List · Fall 2024
Khalifa University · Academic recognition
Campus & community
University volunteering since August 2024, supporting events, orientation and guest coordination. Event photography since October 2025.

Through my lens

A different way
to look at things.

Architecture, light, and moments beyond the workbench.

Burj Khalifa after dark — Dubai.
Burj Khalifa after dark — Dubai.Photography: Husain Altelly.
A paraglider above Khor Fakkan.
A paraglider above Khor Fakkan.Photography: Husain Altelly.

Let’s connect

A place to learn.
Something worth building.

I’m interested in Summer 2027 internships and conversations with people working in robotics, autonomous systems, and applied AI.

LinkedIn ↗GitHub ↗

Visual sources & attribution

Blender visuals explain the projects. Balancing-robot geometry, the planning environment, Flowra interface and AURORA lander are original illustrative concepts made for this portfolio. Their movement, example text and layouts are not recorded results, original course CAD, production screenshots or gameplay.

The T42 scene uses Yale OpenHand Model T42 CAD from the OpenHand repository, licensed CC BY-NC 3.0. The assembly, materials, actuator housings, tendon path and deformation are illustrative. Cast contact materials are not reconstructed.

R. R. Ma, L. U. Odhner, A. M. Dollar, “A Modular, Open-Source 3D Printed Underactuated Hand,” ICRA 2013.

The Yale OpenHand Project is an initiative to advance the design and use of robotic hands designed and built through rapid-prototyping techniques in order to encourage more variation and innovation in mechanical hardware. Please visit the Yale OpenHand site for more details.