A gritty electronics student at Aalto University with an entrepreneurial background. Most recently, I developed and researched remotely operated robots for the fish processing and forestry industries. I am now looking for a full-time technician-level job in robotics/electronics that lets me learn more and, in the future, take on more demanding design-level work.
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I developed a robot for forest management based on the cable-driven parallel robot (CDPR) format, and built a demo device with an aluminium frame. I talked with people in the industry through cold calls and did my own research on the topic. I decided to end the project after running profitability calculations based on the demo robot I had built. My interest in working at a company in the field grew out of the resource requirements and the lack of a work community.
What I learned: how expensive it is to develop robotics, the value of a work community, choosing which ideas to pursue
A commissioned lecture for Aalto Executive MBA adult students on modern production techniques, offshore manufacturing, and the makerspace movement around the world. I planned and led my lecture on Aalto University premises for about 20 business executives, which led to an invitation as a guest to the Egyptian Embassy's national day celebration.
What I learned: diplomacy, lecturing to executives
More information and reference: Saana Kaihu, Program Director, Aalto University Executive Education Ltd
I started researching automation in the fishing industry on my own through countless cold calls and visits. Eventually I was invited to join HAMK's robotics research group to design and develop the use of 3D-printable, remotely operated robotic arms in industrial processing of small fish. I noticed that I liked robotics and electronics more and more.
What I learned: perseverance, courage, what makes a good boss
More information and reference: Jari Kaikkonen, Senior Specialist, HAMK
I taught Aalto University staff and students how to use 3D printers, PCB milling machines and 4-axis CNC machines, and got excited about electronics, building devices and repairing them myself along the way.
What I learned: DIY culture, making physical things
More information and reference: Solomon Embafrash, Workshop Master, Aalto University Fablab
Organising startup events as a volunteer (Rwanda and China for 2 months, Japan for 2 weeks and Estonia for 1 week), with the goal of getting to know local young people and building a business around student exchanges to Finland. The business turned out to be unprofitable, so we decided to shut it down. I funded part of the Japan project with support from Innovestor Oy, and in return I worked to find them useful contacts in the Japanese startup world.
What I learned: the importance of networks, hype culture vs. real startup culture
More information and reference: Petri Laine, Venture Partner, Innovestor
During my conscript service, I worked in the Information Technology Division configuring research equipment, and presented a telecommunications simulator at the Defence Forces' 10th anniversary celebration.
What I learned: impostor syndrome, and working alongside brilliant young people
More information and reference: Jarkko Karinen, Finnish Defence Research Agency
My second company, a sole proprietorship producing documentary videos and video ads. 3 customers and about 2,500 euros in revenue. I won 1,000 euros' worth of camera equipment in a pitching competition for young people in Central Finland, and raised about 2,000 euros in funding from several foundations for my self-produced documentary series about startup entrepreneurship.
What I learned: hiring people, how kind-hearted people are towards young entrepreneurs, and cold calling.
My first company, a sole proprietorship doing property maintenance and renovation work. I landed around twenty customers over the summer and about 3,000 euros in revenue.
What I learned: the freedom that comes with entrepreneurship.
I founded two profitable companies of my own as sole proprietorships in Jyväskylä at the ages of 16 and 17. Between the two, I landed about 20 customers in total, about 5,500 euros in revenue, about 3,000 euros in seed funding through various business competitions and applications, and employed one secondary school student part-time. I did most of the customer acquisition and marketing in Facebook groups and by emailing companies.
I enjoy cold calling complete strangers to gather information for my own projects. For example, in 2025 a cold call got me invited to Lake Saimaa by a part-owner of a fish processing plant, and I spent a 24-hour workday with him trawling for vendace on Saimaa. My aim was to understand the bottlenecks of the Finnish fishing industry and how robotics could help in this field. This later led to an invitation to join the robotics research group at Häme University of Applied Sciences to develop automated vendace processing.
In my first autumn at Aalto University in 2023, I ended up gathering about 300 students interested in table tennis into a Telegram group, so that I could more easily find people to play with on campus in the evenings. I did this through dozens of different chat groups and by putting up printed posters around campus over several weeks. Later, in 2024, I pulled the same stunt in China and Rwanda, and used these groups to organise, among other things, a one-day startup tour in Shanghai for 50 international exchange students as a marketing stunt for a local startup event I was helping to organise.
2026 In the summer, interested in forestry, I decided to build a prototype of a cable-driven robot. I did the electronic and mechanical design with the help of Claude AI, sourced the electrical components through DigiKey, and ordered a modular aluminium profile frame using aluxprofile.com's made-to-measure service.
2025 I have built an SO-101 3D-printable robotic arm, modelled an add-on for it in FreeCAD, 3D printed it using Prusa MK4S printers and PrusaSlicer, assembled it, and used VR technology to teleoperate the robotic arm for HAMK's project.
2024 On school electronics courses, I have designed simple single-layer PCBs using KiCad, milled PCBs with a Roland SRM-20 PCB milling machine, and hand-soldered through-hole components.
2023 I practised making wooden figures with a 4-axis MDX-40 CNC machine. For this, I studied toolpaths and how to program them using FreeCAD and Fusion 360.
A floorball career of about 16 years, during which I got to experience the whole spectrum of the sport, from family clubs to a junior national team training camp and all the way to the men's second-highest national league.
As a hobby, I help grow the business of a Lauttasaari-based surf club focused on kitesurfing and wingfoiling, concentrating on managing equipment rentals and training our customers in safe water sports practices. I have learned about customer acquisition and customer management in a service business.
More information and reference: Peter Törnroos, CEO, Correktor Solutions Oy
I developed a robot for forest management based on the cable-driven parallel robot (CDPR) format, and built a demo device with an aluminium frame. I talked with people in the industry through cold calls and did my own research on the topic. I decided to end the project after running profitability calculations based on the demo robot I had built. My interest in working at a company in the field grew out of the resource requirements and the lack of a work community.
What I learned: how expensive it is to develop robotics, the value of a work community, choosing which ideas to pursue
A commissioned lecture for Aalto Executive MBA adult students on modern production techniques, offshore manufacturing, and the makerspace movement around the world. I planned and led my lecture on Aalto University premises for about 20 business executives, which led to an invitation as a guest to the Egyptian Embassy's national day celebration.
What I learned: diplomacy, lecturing to executives
More information and reference: Saana Kaihu, Program Director, Aalto University Executive Education Ltd
I started researching automation in the fishing industry on my own through countless cold calls and visits. Eventually I was invited to join HAMK's robotics research group to design and develop the use of 3D-printable, remotely operated robotic arms in industrial processing of small fish. I noticed that I liked robotics and electronics more and more.
What I learned: perseverance, courage, what makes a good boss
More information and reference: Jari Kaikkonen, Senior Specialist, HAMK
I taught Aalto University staff and students how to use 3D printers, PCB milling machines and 4-axis CNC machines, and got excited about electronics, building devices and repairing them myself along the way.
What I learned: DIY culture, making physical things
More information and reference: Solomon Embafrash, Workshop Master, Aalto University Fablab
Organising startup events as a volunteer (Rwanda and China for 2 months, Japan for 2 weeks and Estonia for 1 week), with the goal of getting to know local young people and building a business around student exchanges to Finland. The business turned out to be unprofitable, so we decided to shut it down. I funded part of the Japan project with support from Innovestor Oy, and in return I worked to find them useful contacts in the Japanese startup world.
What I learned: the importance of networks, hype culture vs. real startup culture
More information and reference: Petri Laine, Venture Partner, Innovestor
During my conscript service, I worked in the Information Technology Division configuring research equipment, and presented a telecommunications simulator at the Defence Forces' 10th anniversary celebration.
What I learned: impostor syndrome, and working alongside brilliant young people
More information and reference: Jarkko Karinen, Finnish Defence Research Agency
My second company, a sole proprietorship producing documentary videos and video ads. 3 customers and about 2,500 euros in revenue. I won 1,000 euros' worth of camera equipment in a pitching competition for young people in Central Finland, and raised about 2,000 euros in funding from several foundations for my self-produced documentary series about startup entrepreneurship.
What I learned: hiring people, how kind-hearted people are towards young entrepreneurs, and cold calling.
My first company, a sole proprietorship doing property maintenance and renovation work. I landed around twenty customers over the summer and about 3,000 euros in revenue.
What I learned: the freedom that comes with entrepreneurship.
I founded two profitable companies of my own as sole proprietorships in Jyväskylä at the ages of 16 and 17. Between the two, I landed about 20 customers in total, about 5,500 euros in revenue, about 3,000 euros in seed funding through various business competitions and applications, and employed one secondary school student part-time. I did most of the customer acquisition and marketing in Facebook groups and by emailing companies.
I enjoy cold calling complete strangers to gather information for my own projects. For example, in 2025 a cold call got me invited to Lake Saimaa by a part-owner of a fish processing plant, and I spent a 24-hour workday with him trawling for vendace on Saimaa. My aim was to understand the bottlenecks of the Finnish fishing industry and how robotics could help in this field. This later led to an invitation to join the robotics research group at Häme University of Applied Sciences to develop automated vendace processing.
In my first autumn at Aalto University in 2023, I ended up gathering about 300 students interested in table tennis into a Telegram group, so that I could more easily find people to play with on campus in the evenings. I did this through dozens of different chat groups and by putting up printed posters around campus over several weeks. Later, in 2024, I pulled the same stunt in China and Rwanda, and used these groups to organise, among other things, a one-day startup tour in Shanghai for 50 international exchange students as a marketing stunt for a local startup event I was helping to organise.
2026 In the summer, interested in forestry, I decided to build a prototype of a cable-driven robot. I did the electronic and mechanical design with the help of Claude AI, sourced the electrical components through DigiKey, and ordered a modular aluminium profile frame using aluxprofile.com's made-to-measure service.
2025 I have built an SO-101 3D-printable robotic arm, modelled an add-on for it in FreeCAD, 3D printed it using Prusa MK4S printers and PrusaSlicer, assembled it, and used VR technology to teleoperate the robotic arm for HAMK's project.
2024 On school electronics courses, I have designed simple single-layer PCBs using KiCad, milled PCBs with a Roland SRM-20 PCB milling machine, and hand-soldered through-hole components.
2023 I practised making wooden figures with a 4-axis MDX-40 CNC machine. For this, I studied toolpaths and how to program them using FreeCAD and Fusion 360.
A floorball career of about 16 years, during which I got to experience the whole spectrum of the sport, from family clubs to a junior national team training camp and all the way to the men's second-highest national league.
As a hobby, I help grow the business of a Lauttasaari-based surf club focused on kitesurfing and wingfoiling, concentrating on managing equipment rentals and training our customers in safe water sports practices. I have learned about customer acquisition and customer management in a service business.
More information and reference: Peter Törnroos, CEO, Correktor Solutions Oy