Localisation with GNSS and 3D LiDAR
UpcomingA university project starting this year: fuse a GNSS fix with 3D LiDAR scan matching so the pose survives the places satellites do not reach, under trees, between buildings, inside tunnels.
Robotics engineer
Paris, France
U.S. citizen
Available Feb – Aug 2027 for an internship
Paris, France
U.S. citizen
Available Feb – Aug 2027 for an internship
Joy Baroudi
- Autonomous navigation
- Perception
- Sensor fusion
- Embedded control
- ROS 2
- Simulation
- Mechatronics
- Deep learning
I build autonomous robots that have to work outside the lab, where the map is uncertain and the sensors disagree.
Master’s student in Robotics and Automation at Sorbonne University with a background in electrical and electronics engineering, and hands-on R&D on mobile autonomous robots. I work across the whole stack: mechatronic design, embedded control, perception, sensor fusion and ROS 2 navigation, with a strong bias for getting things running on real hardware.
Hydrogen 1
Autonomous sidewalk delivery robot
In progress
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ROS 2
Nav2
Python
Jetson Orin
TensorRT
Gazebo
Isaac Sim
OpenCV
EKF fusion
SolidWorks
01 / Selected work
Projects
Three write-ups with the architecture, the node graphs and the reasoning behind design choices.
02 / Also built
Other projects
Surgical tool detection
2025A detection model that reads a surgical tray and names what is on it, so an assisting system can tell at a glance what is present and what is missing. Trained to separate instruments that look almost identical: curved and straight Mayo scissors, a scalpel and a dissection clamp, on reflective steel under theatre lighting.
Assistive door opener
2026A compact retrofit that opens a normal interior door for people with limited mobility. High torque actuators and a servo latch release driven from an Arduino, with limit sensing and a force cut-off so it stops if something is in the way. Built alongside a small market-fit study.
Firefighter robot
2023A tracked robot that searches a space, finds a flame and puts it out with no operator in the loop. IR sensors handle obstacle avoidance and environment sensing, and the decision logic arbitrates between searching, approaching and extinguishing depending on what the sensors currently agree on.
Writing · September 2026
Read The State of
the Robot Economy
An essay on what changes when machines can earn, hold and spend money on their own account: why software agents crossed that line first, why robots follow, and what an economy of such machines would mean for growth and for the cost of living.
Read the essay
03 / Experience
Where I have worked
Jun – Aug 2026
Robotics R&D intern
PATS Indoor Drone Solutions Delft, NL
- Developed reinforcement learning policies and world-model approaches for autonomous micro-drones that pursue and intercept flying moths mid-air, for chemical-free pest control in greenhouses
- Iterated on policy training and evaluation in simulation, reaching a best interception rate of 64 %
- Ran the first sim-to-real flight tests on the physical platform, a Betaflight fork
Sep 2026 – present
Robotics team member
Robotech Sorbonne Paris, FR
Building a fully autonomous robot with the university team for the French National
Robotics Cup, the Coupe de France de Robotique. Match play is entirely autonomous:
the robot has to localise on the table, plan its own actions against a clock, and score
without any operator input.
Jul 2026 – present
Founder
Open Robot Economy Remote
Building both the open source tooling that lets robots transact with each other directly
and the community around it. The point is not only to ship a library, it is to get
developers, researchers and roboticists building this infrastructure together in the
open, so the standards for machine-to-machine payments are set by the people who will
actually run the robots. Alpha v1.0 of the robopay package is out for ROS 2 Humble and
Jazzy, with wallets, escrow, payment requests and sensor-triggered payments.
Beyond robotics
Jan 2024 – May 2026
Research manager
Bitcoinsensus, now Mindpillar Dubai, UAE · Remote
Led the research and publication team of a technical content platform with more than
125,000 followers, first as a researcher and then as manager. Held alongside full-time
engineering studies.
Sep 2020 – Jun 2023
Freelance game developer
Fiverr Remote
Built 3D applications and world maps in Unreal Engine 4 for international clients.
Jan – Jun 2021
Student volunteer
United Nations Lebanon
Helped coordinate international aid and supply distribution for the people worst hit by
the economic crisis.
04 / Education
Sorbonne University
Ranked 55th worldwide, Shanghai Ranking 2026.
2025 – 2027
Master’s degree, Robotics and Automation
Sorbonne University Paris, FR
Coursework in robotics, medical and social robotics, AI and machine learning, image
processing, and sensors and actuators. The degree includes a mandatory six month
engineering internship from February to August 2027.
2022 – 2025
Bachelor’s degree, Electrical and Electronics Engineering
Sorbonne University, minor in Management
Paris, FR
Coursework in control systems, embedded systems, FPGA design and signal processing.
05 / Skills
The toolbox
Everything here has been used on a robot that had to actually run, not only in a notebook.
Languages and tooling
07
Python
C++
Linux · Ubuntu
Git
Docker
Bash
CMake · colcon
ROS 2 and navigation
07
ROS 2 Humble · Jazzy
Nav2
Costmaps · planning
micro-ROS
tf2
RViz
SLAM
Perception and learning
06
OpenCV
TensorRT
YOLO detection
Semantic segmentation
Stereo depth
Reinforcement learning
Estimation and control
05
EKF sensor fusion
GNSS localisation
IMU and wheel odometry
LiDAR scan processing
PID and feedforward
Simulation and CAD
05
Gazebo
NVIDIA Isaac Sim
SolidWorks
URDF export
Unreal Engine
Hardware
05
Jetson Orin Nano Super
Raspberry Pi · Pico
Arduino
FPGA
3D printing
06 / Certifications
Certifications
Self-Driving Cars Specialization
University of Toronto on Coursera · state estimation and
localisation, visual perception, motion planning
Artificial Intelligence for Robotics
Packt on Coursera · perception, object recognition and
navigation with ROS 2 and OpenCV ·
XM2OGSQ34NK7AI for Autonomous Vehicles and Robotics
University of Michigan on Coursera
07 / Contact
Looking for a robotics
internship, Feb 2027.
Six months, flexible end date, open to relocation with no relocation assistance required. U.S. citizen, authorised to work in the United States without sponsorship, and currently based in Paris.