Hi, I'm Paul

Robotics Engineer

Experienced robotics engineer specializing in computer vision, simulation, and human-robot interaction. Passionate about building systems that bridge the gap between research and real-world applications.

Paul Prevel

About Me

With a background in robotics and computer vision, I've worked on projects ranging from simulation environments for visually impaired assistance devices to human-robot interaction systems. My expertise includes ROS, depth sensing, bio-inspired locomotion, and multi-robot systems.

Experience

From robotics studies at EPFL to 3.5 years building an assistive navigation platform for blind and visually impaired users at Biped, where I grew from core engineer to CTO leading a team of 4 engineers.

EPFL
2015 - 2021
EPFL
BSc + MSc in Robotics. Bio-inspired locomotion, human-robot interaction, brain-computer interfaces, 3D vision
Biped
2021
Foundation
Multiprocessing architecture, YOLOv5 obstacle detection, 3D audio feedback, benchmarking system
2022
Pre-production
Debian packaging, first device deployment, camera calibration tooling
2023
3D Perception + Launch
Kalman tracking, hole detection, multi-platform support (Edge 2, VIM3). First user deployments
2024 Q1
AI Scene Description
OpenAI-powered environment descriptions with text-to-speech
2024 Q3
NOA Device
New hardware platform with button-driven AI menu system
2025
Video Description + Navigation
Real-time video analysis, 12+ languages, structured AI output, rich navigation

Publications

Projects

Biped NOA devices

Biped NOA

Wearable assistive navigation platform for blind users with real-time 3D perception and AI scene descriptions

biped Work Project
Real2Sim Project

Real2Sim

Synthetic data generation pipeline for computer vision algorithms using Webots simulator

biped Work Project
Legged-Wheeled Robot

3D Vision for Robotised Wheelchair

Obstacle detection and crossing for a legged-wheeled robot using depth sensing

EPFL Student Project
Bio-inspired Locomotion

Bio-inspired Locomotion Controller

Sensitivity analysis and optimization of reflex parameters for bipedal locomotion

EPFL Student Project
Human-Robot Interaction

Human-Robot Interaction

Human-aware navigation and multi-robot task allocation in social environments

EPFL Student Project
Brain Computer Interface

Brain Computer Interaction

Decoding of motor termination in imagined movement using EEG data

EPFL Student Project

Get in Touch

Interested in working together? Feel free to reach out.