About me
I love robots. That is probably the shortest and most accurate description of me.
My interest in engineering began when I was a child. I used to ask neighbours if they had any broken machines or electronic devices they no longer needed. Whatever they gave me, I would take apart—often down to the very last screw—just to understand what was inside and how it worked.
At first, I was too young to put anything back together, let alone repair it. That came later. Over time, dismantling things turned into fixing them and, eventually, building things of my own.
When I was around ten years old, I got my first computer: a Sinclair ZX81 with a Z80 processor running at 3.25 MHz and an impressive 1 KB of RAM. By today’s standards, it was extremely limited, but it opened an entirely new world for me.
During my early years, I moved constantly between electronics and computer programming. When microcontrollers became more accessible to hobbyists, embedded programming was an obvious next step. For the first time, I could combine two of my main interests: software and electronics.
Robotics brought even more areas together, including mechanics, construction and design. It felt like a natural progression, and robots have remained a major part of my life ever since.
For a period, I competed in line-following and mini-sumo robotics. My results may not have been particularly memorable, but the competitions were always great fun. They gave me the chance to meet other people who shared the same interest—and sometimes customers from Hobbytronik, my former online shop for robotics components.
Although I always return to robotics, I enjoy working across many areas of engineering. My projects range from home automation and electronics to embedded systems and game development.
Over the years, I have gained practical experience in areas including:
- PC, mobile and embedded software development
- Electronic schematics and PCB layout
- Product and system design
- 3D printing and CNC machining
- Mechanical design and technical drawings
- Batteries, actuators and sensors
- Robotics and automation
Even after all these years, I still get a special feeling when I switch on a newly built robot for the first time. It is not quite like seeing your child for the first time—but it is closer than you might expect.
You can also find more about my professional background on LinkedIn.
About AIVA Robotics
AIVA Robotics is a one-person company owned and operated by me. It was created as a separate part of Hobbytronik to bring my engineering and consultancy work together under one name.
I started Hobbytronik in 2007 as an online shop supplying robotics components to customers across the Nordic countries. The shop worked with suppliers from around the world, including Lynxmotion, FingerTech Robotics and Pololu.
Hobbytronik has not been active since 2020, and AIVA Robotics has now taken over as my main company.
The name AIVA is formed from the first letters of my four children’s names. “Robotics” represents one of my biggest interests in life—as you have probably already gathered.
About This Site
I regularly share updates about my projects on Facebook, Instagram and TikTok. Social media is useful for quick updates, short videos and showing work in progress, but older posts soon disappear into the feed and can be difficult to find again.
This site gives my projects a more permanent home. It is a place where I can collect photographs, videos, technical information and lessons learned, while also publishing more detailed articles than social media normally allows.
The aim is not only to show the finished results, but also to document the design process, experiments, problems and improvements along the way.