FOUNDER. ROBOTICS BUILDER. CURIOUS HUMAN.BENGALURU, INDIA ↗

ALI AKBAR

MOVE YOUR CURSOR. FOLLOW A THREAD.

Ideas are a start.
I like making them real.

SCROLL TO EXPLORE

MOVE AROUND.
THERE'S MORE TO ME.

SELECTED WORKIDEA → PROTOTYPE → POSSIBILITY

A few things
I've put into motion.

Businesses with a purpose.
Machines with a human side.
A little of both, always.

FOUNDER / ACCESSIBILITY & CONNECTION

Capire

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I'm building a more understanding way for disabled adults to find companionship and a life partner.

VDC FUNDEDPROTOTYPE STAGE

FOUNDER / ARTISANS & COMMERCE

Garnet

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I'm exploring how digital commerce can bring Indian craft, independent makers, and a wider audience together.

INDIAN CRAFTPROTOTYPE STAGE

ROBOTICS / HUMAN–MACHINE INTERACTION

A.A.D.I↗

A robotic arm.
A more natural way to move it.

+A.A.D.I / VIRTUAL LAB

PREPARING THE ORIGINAL MODEL

Preview extracted from Ali Akbar’s original A.A.D.I Fusion assembly

From my workbench
to your browser.

Original Fusion assembly preview · interactive export pending

+DRAG TO ORBIT · SCROLL TO ZOOM

PUT YOUR HAND IN THE LOOP

Your hand.
A new interface.

Explore the hand tracking behind A.A.D.I. Move your palm, raise your hand, and pinch to see the joint readings respond.

Camera is optional. Video stays in your browser.
Joint readings are a demo; 3D model export is pending.

Camera off.

THE INTERFACE IS YOU.

LOCAL CAMERA / OFF— FPS

BASE0°

SHOULDER0°

ELBOW0°

GRIPOPEN

Inside the build

I designed A.A.D.I as a four-axis robotic arm with a claw gripper and more than 30 printed components. The project brings together Fusion CAD, Arduino servo control, Python computer vision, and Bluetooth communication.

VISION → MOTIONDESIGNED, BUILT & DEVELOPED BY ALI AKBARARDUINO · COMPUTER VISION · 3D PRINTING

ROBOTICS / AUTONOMOUS NAVIGATION

CECE

My autonomous
mobile robot.

ROBOTICS PROJECT

ROBOTICS / SOCIAL INTERACTION

TOTO

A humanoid social robot.
The next thing on my workbench.

IN DEVELOPMENT

MILESTONES & RECOGNITIONTHE PEOPLE AND PLACES BEHIND THE PROGRESS

Built by me.
Backed by belief.

A few steps that have helped
turn ambition into action.

FUNDING

VDC funded

Capire is funded by VDC for prototype development.

PRE-INCUBATION

VDC × Northeastern

Pre-incubated by VDC, GITAM, and Northeastern University, Boston.

INCUBATION

NSRCEL & GUSEC

Incubated at NSRCEL–IIM Bangalore and GUSEC through Capire.

STARTUP ECOSYSTEM

Google Cloud

Member of the Google Cloud Startup Partner Program as Founder of Capire.

RECOGNITION / 2025

Spirit of Innovation

Awarded at CAUSE 2025.

A LITTLE ABOUT MEHUMAN FIRST. ALWAYS.

I like the space
between what if
and here it is.

I'm Ali, a Robotics & AI undergraduate at GITAM, founder of Capire and Garnet, and a hands-on builder based in Bengaluru.

My work moves between customer conversations, websites, CAD, printed parts, and computer vision. I like following an idea far enough to see it become something people can use.

ALONG THE WAY