today is tomorrow
Innovative maker · Home automation · Solar · Garden robots
15 years automating everything that moves. And a few things that don't yet,
but it's only a matter of time.
Back when "smart home" was still a sci-fi concept, mine was already wired from top to bottom. RF protocols, homemade sensors, multi-OS without hesitation. Including a connected mailbox that left the neighbours with a mix of admiration and mild concern.
Once panels finally hit serious power output, I didn't wait long. Installation, wiring, battery management. Because paying the grid for electricity you could produce yourself is the kind of thing that deeply bothers someone like me.
Pond, strategically placed plants, calculated shade zones. Not because I have a green thumb, but because passive cooling physics is genuinely fascinating. Result: a garden that mostly looks after itself, and summers that are considerably more bearable.
The robotic lawnmower is fine. But why stop there? Garden chores are endless, and most still have no robot to handle them. That's a problem. And unsolved problems are exactly the kind of thing that keeps me up at night. In the best possible way.
"Let's improve robotics by imagining tomorrow's ground robots, today."
Home Assistant, Zigbee, Z-Wave, RF. Basically anything that plugs in, configures or flashes. Linux, Windows, macOS: the system doesn't matter, what matters is that it runs.
These little boards are the brains behind almost everything I build. Sensors, actuators, WiFi, BLE: so many ways to give intelligence to objects that had none.
Because you don't always find the part you need off the shelf. And even when you do, making it yourself is still more satisfying. From CAD to finished part, no compromises required.
Panels, batteries, charge management. All designed to use what you produce, store what's left, and look at your electricity bill with a quietly satisfied smile.
Autonomous watering, passive cooling, ponds. A garden that handles most of its business on its own. The plants seem happy about it, which is really the point.
Building robots that move, adapt, and do useful things in a real garden. With actual grass, rocks and mud. Not in a clean lab. That's the real challenge, and that's exactly the point.
My philosophy
AI is a great tool. But humans are the ones who innovate.
Curiosity, creativity, and that stubborn drive to push every project one step further than sensible: that's what no algorithm replaces. I use AI like any good tool: when it's useful, not instead of thinking.
No buried pipes, no wall programmer. Just a robot that roams around, detects which plants are thirsty, and takes care of them. Simple in theory. Endlessly fascinating to actually solve.
Produce, store, optimise. And cross-reference production data with home automation to waste zero watts. A healthy obsession, and an electricity bill that proves it.
Mowing is solved. But watering, monitoring, collecting? A modular robot that switches mission depending on what the garden needs that day. Work in progress, and that's where it gets really interesting.
Watch it work →A project idea, a technical question, a collaboration proposal, or just the urge to talk robots and home automation with someone who won't check their watch? Write to me.