Work | Shamyl Bin Mansoor

Active Projects

MBK Geyser Monitor

An ESP32-based geyser temperature monitor with OLED display, local web interface, and remote dashboard — built from scratch with a 3D-printed enclosure.

software

Pakistan Petrol Updates Dashboard

A live dashboard tracking daily OGRA-notified petrol, diesel, kerosene, and LPG prices in Pakistan with historical charts and global oil comparisons.

software

LearnOBots Library Management System

An office book management system with catalog browsing, issue/return tracking, member management, and overdue reminders.

software

LearnOBots Meeting Room Booking App

A calendar-based meeting room booking system for LearnOBots with department filtering, dashboard view, and admin controls.

hardware

Buddy Bot

An educational robot kit with modular backpacks and interchangeable bases for teaching STEM concepts

software

STEAM Edventures

A 2.5D educational game teaching electronics, coding, and STEAM skills through interactive gameplay and storytelling.

software

LearnOSTEAM

An EdTech platform for STEAM education in schools, featuring interactive lessons, coding environments, and progress tracking.

software

RoboSim

A 3D simulator that uses robots and different characters to teach kids programming concepts through visual, interactive gameplay.

hardware

CodiBot

An affordable, 3D-printed robot kit designed for teaching coding and robotics concepts to students.

Research & Publications

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Facebook based cloud resource sharing

Research paper on leveraging social networks for distributed cloud computing resources.

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SmartSIM - Virtual Reality Simulator for Laparoscopy Training

A virtual reality simulator for laparoscopy training using a generic physics engine.

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Benchmarking Expert Surgeons' Path for Evaluating Trainee Performance

ACM SIGGRAPH Asia paper on evaluating surgical trainees by comparing their instrument paths to expert benchmarks.

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Input Devices for Virtual Surgical Simulations: A Comparative Study

IEEE paper comparing different input devices for virtual surgical simulation systems.

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Deriving Mechanical Properties From CT Scan for Surgical Simulation

TENCON 2013 paper on extracting tissue mechanical properties from CT scans for realistic surgical simulation.

research

Tele-Surgical Training Simulator

Pakistan's first surgical simulator for training in minimally invasive and robot-assisted surgery procedures.

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Real Time Collision Detection in Buildings using Polygon Presence Grid

IEEE paper on efficient real-time collision detection algorithms for building environments.

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Robot Soccer Framework for Learning

IEEE paper on using robot soccer as a framework for teaching programming and robotics concepts.

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Parameter Evaluation for Virtual Laparoscopic Simulation

ICET 2011 paper on evaluating simulation parameters for realistic virtual laparoscopic training.

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Emotional Head Robot with Behavior Decision Model and Face Recognition

ICCAS 2007 paper on developing an emotional robot head with facial recognition and behavior modeling.