Robotics engineer
I write the software that lets machines see, decide and move, and the web and mobile apps people use to run them.
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Mohamad Sawan
Robotics engineer
I write the software that lets machines see, decide and move, and the web and mobile apps people use to run them.
Robot R1 · 2020–2024
Pars Robotics · Programming captain
Lane detection, traffic-sign classification, obstacle avoidance and full-track navigation under a 25-minute cap.
Robot R2 · 2024–2025
Think Tank · Team captain
Tethered ROV with a forward camera, a manipulator arm and a ground-station UI streaming video and telemetry over one Ethernet line.
Robot R3 · 2026
A gift from an international client · Repair and programming
A WLKata Mirobot F1, a six-axis desktop robot arm, given to me by an international company I built a voice-agent robot for. It arrived needing repair: I logged its condition, tracked down the missing parts and am bringing it up over USB serial from Python.
Robot R4 · 1st place
Riders.ai virtual drone competition · Solo entry
A virtual competition I entered on my own: I programmed a drone to fly the course in Riders.ai's simulator and took 1st place. The prize was a real drone.
Robot R5 · 2020–2024
Competition build · Programmer
A sumo robot: a low wedge that finds the opponent and pushes it out of the ring. One of the competition builds, with climbing and combat robots, for Kodgenç and national tournaments.
Robot R6 · 2020–2024
Competition build · Programmer
A line-following robot: a row of reflectance sensors under the nose reads the line and the controller steers two drive wheels to stay on it.
Season S1 · 2021
Pars Robotics · FRC team 6436 · Programming captain · 9th grade
My first season with Pars, in 9th grade. The game was Infinite Recharge: robots collect power cells, shoot them into the power port and climb the shield generator.
Season S2 · 2022
Pars Robotics · FRC team 6436 · Programming captain · 10th grade
The 2022 game was Rapid React: shoot cargo into the hub and climb the hangar. This one had a turret shooter, a roller intake and a climber on a bumpered drive base.
Season S3 · 2023
Pars Robotics · FRC team 6436 · Programming captain · 11th grade
The 2023 game was Charged Up: place cones and cubes on the grid, then balance on the charge station.
Season S4 · 2024
Pars Robotics · FRC team 6436 · Programming captain · 12th grade
My last season with Pars, in 12th grade. The game was Crescendo: score notes in the speaker and the amp, then climb onto the stage.
Part P1 · 2025
Medical lab · via KLE, under NDA · Developer
Computer vision that classifies samples from bench cameras in a medical lab, where technicians used to do it by eye. The client and the system are under NDA.
Part P2 · 2025
International client · via KLE, under NDA · Frontend lead
A tablet companion people talk to, built for elderly care: a voice agent with an animated face, video calls and reminders. The client and the product are under NDA.
Part P3 · 2025–2026
Drag-on · Co-founder, operations lead
An apparel brand I co-founded. I built the website, the admin panel and the sales-and-stock monitoring, and ran Trendyol operations.
Part P4 · 2026
My own product · in progress · Designer and developer
A private file converter in English and Arabic, with a proper right-to-left interface: 1,416 conversion paths across 121 formats, and 63 tools. Whatever can run in the browser does, so the file never leaves the machine.
Binder W1 · 2024–present
Full-stack developer · Two years so far
Two years at KLE, all of it international work for a company in the Netherlands, which I can't name under NDA: a lab vision system, hospital management software and a voice companion for elderly care.
Binder W2 · Jul 2025 – Jan 2026
Co-owner, operations lead
Apparel brand. I built the website, the admin panels and the sales-and-stock monitoring, and ran Trendyol listings, pricing, inventory, suppliers and logistics.
Binder W3 · Aug 2023 – Jun 2024
Government intern
Coordinated educational courses across the Başakşehir district, kept the remote learning infrastructure running for middle and high school students, and administered the student databases.
Binder T1 · Jul 2025 – present
Istanbul Kültür University · Robot competition captain
Captain of Istanbul Kültür University's robotics team: autonomous cars for Teknofest, and autonomous ground vehicles and heavy-lift drones for Robolig, Türkiye's national university robotics league, with the object detection that runs on them.
Binder T2 · Aug 2024 – Aug 2025
Robotics team · Team captain
Captain of a multidisciplinary team building drones and remotely operated underwater vehicles. I ran the integration between the mechanical, electrical and software sub-teams, and we reached the finals at Robogenç.
Binder T3 · Jun 2020 – Aug 2024
FRC team 6436 · Borsa İstanbul Başakşehir MTAL · Programming captain
Joined at fifteen and led programming for four years, and we won a long list of FIRST Robotics Competition awards together. Pars was founded in 2016 at the school with Başakşehir Municipality's support, is sponsored by NASA, Ford and Milsoft, and has competed twice in the United States and once in China.
Binder F1 · 2026
Kirpiks · Developer
Admin panels for running kirpiks.com: user accounts, contact directories, detailed reports, balance transactions and messaging campaigns.
Binder F2 · 2026
Salon management system · Developer
The whole back office of a salon: appointments on a staff calendar, online booking, customers, services, products, sales, finance, suppliers, campaigns and reports.
Binder F3 · 2026
HEMS Marine Endüstriyel Kimya · Web developer
Rebuilt the website of a marine and industrial chemicals maker: a custom theme, the product series, and an SEO blog with structured data.
Binder F4 · 2026
Azure Latch football community · Bot developer
A Discord bot that runs a competitive football community: clubs, recruitment and transfers, leagues, friendly matches, leaderboards, a bank and moderation.
Binder E1 · Sep 2025 – present
BSc Computer Engineering · Student
Bachelor of Science in Computer Engineering. Captain of the university's robotics team, Asimov, alongside it, and planning to go on Erasmus+.
Binder E2 · Aug 2020 – Jun 2024
Technical Informatics · Student
Vocational high school, Technical Informatics. Home of Pars Robotics, where I was programming captain the whole four years. I graduated as valedictorian, came 1st in the school's Erasmus+ selection, and had an internship and a job before I left.
Binder E3 · Since childhood
Wherever there was a screwdriver · Student
Where it started. As a kid I took my toys and games apart to see what was inside and how they worked. I still learn most things that way: open it up, find out how it works, then build my own.
Phone M1 · 2026
Jamaah: Pray Together · Android · Designer and developer
A prayer tracker built around the people who keep you going. Mark your five prayers, see how your circle is doing, and nudge each other before a prayer time ends.
Part G1 · 2026
Minecraft mod · Forge 1.20.1 · Solo developer
A multiplayer casino for Minecraft that I built to learn modding: eight games, a chip economy run by a villager Croupier, and a members' club with loyalty tiers, VIP and credit. The server owns every card, wheel and chip. Unreleased.
Part G2 · 2026
GTA V mod · TEKNOFEST Aviation AI · Mod author
A GTA V mod that puts the competition's landing pads in the game. We flew the drone's camera over them inside GTA instead of going out to a field, and trained the drone's detector on what it saw there.
Part G3 · 2022–present
Independent developer · Scripter and 3D modeller
Lua scripting and 3D models for Roblox studios and independent game developers, alongside bots, browser extensions and websites with admin panels.
Part G4 · 2025–present
Browser game · my own product · Designer and developer
A free browser game for training quick-time-event reflexes: ten drills (circle timing, mashing, reaction, hold, orbit, memory sequences, rhythm lanes, arrows, balance, cutscene gauntlets), a ranked ladder with matchmaking and bots, titles, a shop and Premium.
Line 135 · CALL projects · 23 parts
Everything I have built: competition robots, four FRC seasons, software that shipped, freelance work, mobile apps and game mods. Each with the team, my role and the result it was measured by.
Competition robots and the arm on my bench, as the scale models on the robots table.
Robot R1 · 2020–2024Autonomous carPars Robotics · Programming captainLane detection, traffic-sign classification, obstacle avoidance and full-track navigation under a 25-minute cap.StackC++ · OpenCV · CNNResultVaried by season · Pars, then Asimov
Robot R2 · 2024–2025Underwater ROVThink Tank · Team captainTethered ROV with a forward camera, a manipulator arm and a ground-station UI streaming video and telemetry over one Ethernet line.StackROV · Drone · Ground stationResult3rd · Teknofest Underwater Vehicle Systems
Robot R3 · 2026 · in progressWLKata Mirobot armA gift from an international client · Repair and programmingA WLKata Mirobot F1, a six-axis desktop robot arm, given to me by an international company I built a voice-agent robot for. It arrived needing repair: I logged its condition, tracked down the missing parts and am bringing it up over USB serial from Python.StatusRepair and bring-up
Robot R4 · 1st placeRiders.ai droneRiders.ai virtual drone competition · Solo entryA virtual competition I entered on my own: I programmed a drone to fly the course in Riders.ai's simulator and took 1st place. The prize was a real drone.Result1st place
Robot R5 · 2020–2024Sumo robotCompetition build · ProgrammerA sumo robot: a low wedge that finds the opponent and pushes it out of the ring. One of the competition builds, with climbing and combat robots, for Kodgenç and national tournaments.DriveTwo-wheel, front blade
Robot R6 · 2020–2024Line followerCompetition build · ProgrammerA line-following robot: a row of reflectance sensors under the nose reads the line and the controller steers two drive wheels to stay on it.DriveTwo-wheel differentialPars Robotics built a new robot every FRC season I was on the team, 9th grade to 12th, and we won a long list of FRC awards together.
Season S1 · 2021FRC robot, 2021Pars Robotics · FRC team 6436 · Programming captain · 9th gradeMy first season with Pars, in 9th grade. The game was Infinite Recharge: robots collect power cells, shoot them into the power port and climb the shield generator.RoleProgramming captain, 9th grade
Season S2 · 2022FRC robot, 2022Pars Robotics · FRC team 6436 · Programming captain · 10th gradeThe 2022 game was Rapid React: shoot cargo into the hub and climb the hangar. This one had a turret shooter, a roller intake and a climber on a bumpered drive base.RoleProgramming captain, 10th grade
Season S3 · 2023FRC robot, 2023Pars Robotics · FRC team 6436 · Programming captain · 11th gradeThe 2023 game was Charged Up: place cones and cubes on the grid, then balance on the charge station.RoleProgramming captain, 11th grade
Season S4 · 2024FRC robot, 2024Pars Robotics · FRC team 6436 · Programming captain · 12th gradeMy last season with Pars, in 12th grade. The game was Crescendo: score notes in the speaker and the amp, then climb onto the stage.RoleProgramming captain, 12th gradeSoftware that shipped, for an employer's client under NDA and a company I co-founded, and Convo, a file converter I'm building now.
Part P1 · 2025Lab vision pipelineMedical lab · via KLE, under NDA · DeveloperComputer vision that classifies samples from bench cameras in a medical lab, where technicians used to do it by eye. The client and the system are under NDA.StackPython · OpenCVResultShipped · in production
Part P2 · 2025Voice AI companionInternational client · via KLE, under NDA · Frontend leadA tablet companion people talk to, built for elderly care: a voice agent with an animated face, video calls and reminders. The client and the product are under NDA.StackNext.js · React · Capacitor · voice AIResultShipped
Part P3 · 2025–2026Drag-on apparelDrag-on · Co-founder, operations leadAn apparel brand I co-founded. I built the website, the admin panel and the sales-and-stock monitoring, and ran Trendyol operations.StackNext.js · SupabaseResult1,000,000 TL revenue in three months
Part P4 · 2026 · in progressConvoMy own product · in progress · Designer and developerA private file converter in English and Arabic, with a proper right-to-left interface: 1,416 conversion paths across 121 formats, and 63 tools. Whatever can run in the browser does, so the file never leaves the machine.StackNext.js · TypeScript · WASM · FastAPI · Python · DockerResultIn progress · runs end to end, deploy nextClient work: admin panels, a salon system, a company website and a Discord bot.
Binder F1 · 2026Kirpiks admin panelsKirpiks · DeveloperAdmin panels for running kirpiks.com: user accounts, contact directories, detailed reports, balance transactions and messaging campaigns.StackReact · Vite · SupabaseStatusDelivered
Binder F2 · 2026FulSalonSalon management system · DeveloperThe whole back office of a salon: appointments on a staff calendar, online booking, customers, services, products, sales, finance, suppliers, campaigns and reports.StackNext.js · Prisma · FullCalendar · next-intlStatusIn development
Binder F3 · 2026HEMS Chemical websiteHEMS Marine Endüstriyel Kimya · Web developerRebuilt the website of a marine and industrial chemicals maker: a custom theme, the product series, and an SEO blog with structured data.StackWordPress · PHPStatusLive · hemschemical.com
Binder F4 · 2026Alfa BotAzure Latch football community · Bot developerA Discord bot that runs a competitive football community: clubs, recruitment and transfers, leagues, friendly matches, leaderboards, a bank and moderation.StackNode.js · discord.jsBuilt2026A phone app, in testing.
Phone M1 · 2026 · in progressJamaahJamaah: Pray Together · Android · Designer and developerA prayer tracker built around the people who keep you going. Mark your five prayers, see how your circle is doing, and nudge each other before a prayer time ends.StackExpo · React Native · FirebaseStatusBuilding now · in testing, 16 languagesGame work: a Minecraft casino, a GTA V mod that trained a drone, Roblox, and QTE Trainer, a browser game that's live.
Part G1 · 2026 · in progressHigh Roller CasinoMinecraft mod · Forge 1.20.1 · Solo developerA multiplayer casino for Minecraft that I built to learn modding: eight games, a chip economy run by a villager Croupier, and a members' club with loyalty tiers, VIP and credit. The server owns every card, wheel and chip. Unreleased.StackJava 17 · Minecraft Forge 1.20.1StatusUnreleased · built to learn modding
Part G2 · 2026TEKNOFEST MarkersGTA V mod · TEKNOFEST Aviation AI · Mod authorA GTA V mod that puts the competition's landing pads in the game. We flew the drone's camera over them inside GTA instead of going out to a field, and trained the drone's detector on what it saw there.Built forTEKNOFEST Aviation AI competition
Part G3 · 2022–presentRoblox studiosIndependent developer · Scripter and 3D modellerLua scripting and 3D models for Roblox studios and independent game developers, alongside bots, browser extensions and websites with admin panels.StackLua · BlenderStatusSince 2022
Part G4 · 2025–present · in progressQTE TrainerBrowser game · my own product · Designer and developerA free browser game for training quick-time-event reflexes: ten drills (circle timing, mashing, reaction, hold, orbit, memory sequences, rhythm lanes, arrows, balance, cutscene gauntlets), a ranked ladder with matchmaking and bots, titles, a shop and Premium.StackReact · TypeScript · Vite · Supabase · VercelStatusLive · qte-trainer.vercel.appLine 140 · CALL report
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Six revisions since 2020. Rev F is the one in service.
| Rev | Date | Change |
|---|---|---|
| A | 2020 | Programming captain, Pars RoboticsJoined at fifteen. Four years leading software for a team sponsored by NASA, Ford and Milsoft. |
| B | 2020–2024 | Technical Informatics, Borsa İstanbul Başakşehir MTALVocational high school, in parallel with Pars. |
| C | 2022 | Independent developerBots, browser extensions, websites with admin panels, 3D modeling and Lua scripting for Roblox studios. |
| D | 2024 | Team captain, Think Tank · Full-stack developer, KLE Bilgi TeknolojileriDrones and ROVs on one side; on the other, a voice companion and a lab vision pipeline for an international client under NDA. |
| E | 2025 | BSc Computer Engineering, Istanbul Kültür University · Captain, AsimovTeknofest and Robolig with autonomous cars, ground vehicles and heavy-lift drones. Co-founded Drag-on the same year. |
| F | 2026 | Drag-on wound down to focus on engineeringCurrent revision. Open to robotics and software work. |
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