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AI drone-to-drone detection and tracking
A chaser drone that finds another drone in its own camera, keeps it centred and holds a fixed distance behind it — no GPS link between the two.
- YOLOv8
- IBVS
- ROS
- PX4
- Kalman filter
- Python
Power & Control Engineer
Automation you can rely on.
I design, program and teach industrial control systems, and I research how robots see and decide.
Beirut, Lebanon
About
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Selected work
Projects
A few things I have designed, built and put in front of real users.
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Weather and water monitoring station
A Siemens PLC linked to a cloud dashboard through an ESP32, so a site can be watched and controlled from anywhere without giving up local control.
- Siemens LOGO!
- Modbus TCP
- MQTT
- ESP32
- C++
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Ball balancing with computer vision
A tilting platform that keeps a tennis ball at its centre using a camera and a learned controller, in place of the classical PID the problem usually gets.
- YOLOv8
- PPO
- OpenCV
- Arduino
- Python
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Gesture-controlled robotic hand
A 3D-printed robotic hand that copies your hand in real time from a webcam, built as a step toward low-cost assistive devices.
- MediaPipe
- OpenCV
- Arduino
- InMoov
- Python
Toolbox
Skills
Grouped by the kind of problem they solve rather than by how well I know them.
- Control & Automation
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- AI & Robotics
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Experience
Where I have worked and what I studied, most recent first.
Jun 2026 — presentWork
Automation Engineer & PLC Instructor
Matrix Energy & Automation (MatrixEA) · Khaldeh & Jounieh, Lebanon
- Teach engineers classical control and Delta PLC automation: digital and analog I/O, VFDs, HMI design, servo and stepper motors, encoders, and PLC programming languages.
- Lead hands-on workshops applying those topics on real industrial equipment.
Feb — Jun 2026Work
Automation Engineering Intern
Matrix Energy & Automation (MatrixEA) · Khaldeh & Jounieh, Lebanon
Four months of training and project work in PLC programming across Siemens, Delta and Veichi platforms, VFD control, HMI design and analog integration. Continued into a full-time role.
Summers 2024 & 2025 — 2 months eachWork
Electrical Engineering Intern
Trust More Company · Haret Hreik, Beirut
- Produced AutoCAD shop and as-built drawings for electrical, mechanical and mechatronic installations.
- Contributed design modifications during on-site execution and prepared technical documentation for project handover.
2025 — 2026Education
Master (M2), Robotics and Intelligent Systems
Université de Technologie de Compiègne (UTC) · France — online, double degree
Thesis on AI-based drone-to-drone detection and tracking, defended September 2026.
2021 — 2026Education
Electrical and Electronics Engineering Degree
Lebanese University — Faculty of Engineering III · Beirut, Lebanon
Option: Power and Control.
Contact
Let's talk
Open to engineering roles and freelance projects. The quickest way to reach me is email.
rawad.fakhreddine2003@gmail.comBeirut, Lebanon