Founder

Exo-Foundry is led by Robin Jacquelin, who brings 10+ years of hands-on robotics engineering and leadership experience to every project:

Director of Robotics and Artificial Intelligence

// Enjoy-Automation
2021 - 2025
  • Created and managed a Robotics R&D department, handling clients, partners, and suppliers.
  • Designed multiple industrial robots from scratch (Mechanics, Electronics, Software, Fleet Manager).
  • Developed embedded safety systems complying with European standards for human-robot collaboration.
  • Designed various industrial equipment leveraging robotics technologies.
  • Executive Committee member involved in company strategy since inception.
2019 - 2021 >> Head of Robotics and Artificial Intelligence
  • Conceived, built and coded the first prototype.

Innovation Project Manager

// Smoove
2018 - 2019
  • Designed product and service evolutions for bike-sharing systems.
  • Evaluation of the hardware and software tech-stack of the company.

Embedded Electronics Project Engineer

// Elipse Technologie
2017 - 2018
  • Designed electronic and software test benches for the railway industry.
  • Implemented Agile project management processes within a team of 5+ people.

AI Project Manager

// Hoomano
2015 - 2017
  • Led integration projects for social robots in public spaces (train stations, retail, corporate reception).
  • Helped implement Agile methodologies in a 15+ person team.
  • Conceived and trained Machine learning models for social robot interaction.
  • Emotion recognition driven reinforcement learning.
2014 - 2015 >> AI Engineer
  • Led the winning R&D project on environment recognition systems for social robots.

Embedded Electronics Engineer

// Elipse Technologie
2012 - 2014
  • Designed CPLD architectures (Xilinx), electronics, and mechanical parts (CAD + 3D Printing).
  • Developed evolutions for 3D printers to accommodate production.
2011 - 2012 >> Embedded Electronics Technician
  • Performed reverse engineering and repair of analog & digital electronics.