A technology enthusiast with extensive experience in embedded systems and robotics, he has developed an open-source platform dedicated to building robots.

Kayoum Djedidi, a Tunisian electronics engineer and entrepreneur, is the co-founder and CEO of Open Organic Robotics (OORB), a startup that aims to make it easier for people to create robots.

Founded in 2023, OORB provides a suite of tools to help users build robots from start to finish, including the OORB platform, the OORB Robodog educational kit, and a dedicated community.

The OORB platform is an open-source robotics development framework that features an intuitive graphical interface, supports multilingual programming, and includes a CAD tool for editing modular parts. With AI and a chatbot, users can generate code, components, and services.

The OORB Robodog educational kit is an open-source, 3D-printed robot designed to introduce users to the OORB platform. The OORB community brings together enthusiasts around open-source principles and offers 3D printing services and paid robotics projects.

In addition to his role at OORB, Djedidi is an Edge MLOps engineer at Ubotica Technologies and a research intern at the National Engineering School of Sousse. He holds a bachelor's degree in embedded systems from the Higher School of Science and Technology of Hammam Sousse.

Djedidi's professional career began in 2018 at Tekaya Travel Holiday, a Tunisian travel agency. He has also worked at Kaza Trade, a wholesale company, and ARSELA Technologies, a no-code automation service provider. From March 2022 to March 2024, he worked as an embedded systems and Python instructor at GOMYCODE, a startup focused on digital skills training.

 Melchior Koba