Engineering Physics Student

• Improving my technical communication
@ University of British Columbia | UBC

Last updated: October 13th, 2026

Hi, I'm Amjad.

I'm in my last year of engineering physics at the University of British Columbia.

This website is a live logbook of what I'm currently working on, as well as an archive of old projects.

Tune in regularly to track my updates :)

The headline

One racket hit, with the birdie found live in 94 of its 111 frames hover to play

Badminton Robot

A robot that tracks the shuttlecock, predicts where it lands, drives to intercept it and returns it.

A two year project to build a fully autonomous badminton-playing robot that can sustain a rally against a human opponent.

69% of the way there 177 days to go

19 months, September 2025 to April 8, 2027

Ready today

  • Custom stereo vision
  • Extended Kalman filter prediction
  • 3D-printed chassis
  • Custom motor spec
  • 4 ESCs
  • 10:1 gearbox
  • Mecanum wheels
  • 6S LiPo

Incoming...

  • Multi-DOF striking arm
  • RL control system

Open the logbook  ↗ latest · 2026-10-02 · Saving our vision system from the depths

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Nice things people have said about me

Eren Burton Tech Lead @ Streamily

Amjad is resourceful and motivated with a strong passion for learning. I am confident in his potential to achieve success in any endeavor he chooses to pursue. I'd hire him in a heartbeat.

Eric Qu Cofounder @ ClinicVoice

I know that he has strong values that will allow him to be brought far in his career and family. His inquisitive and curious mind makes him a very interesting person to talk to.

Edward Shao SWE @ Zip

I love Amjad. As a friend. But also professionally. I've worked with him plenty and his number one thing is he learns super quick; projects feel satisfying and effortless with him on the team 😎.

Aysha Yaghi Mother of Three

My son is so handsome.