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(Mithi) Shulamith Sevilla - Selected Works

How can technology help us become who we aspire to be? How can it help us live more meaningful, joyful lives?

Hi, I’m Mithi—a frontend engineer and former robotics teacher / creative technologist. What excites me most right now is exploring novel ways to design and build interactive systems, particularly human–AI interfaces, that help people become smarter, happier, and more skillful. View my Resume, GitHub, LinkedIn, or Medium.

Below are some things I helped bring to life.

Contents

  1. Highlighted Projects
  2. Current Projects
  3. Early Talks and Workshops
  4. Creative Hardware and Early Robotics Education

Highlighted Projects

AI Assisted Annotation Tools (2022 - 2024)

One of Datature’s core capabilities: specialized models turn painstaking manual outlining into a few clicks. I was responsible for the UX design and implementation, working closely with product owners, backend and machine-learning engineers.

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React Philosophies (2021)

An essay exploring software design principles in React — spread by word of mouth into newsletter features, translations, and references from developers internationally, including Japan, Korea, and beyond.

Hexapod Robot Simulator (2020)

The simulator is so lightweight you can run it on low-end phones — lowering the barrier to exploring inverse kinematics and walking gaits. Featured on Hacker News, Adafruit, and Weekly Robotics among others, it found a positive reception in online maker and robotics self-learning communities, interestingly inspiring a Python port in China.

Current Projects

At PikaPikaGems, I own product design and execution of two applications for supporting second language acquisition. I also help backend with decisions, architecture, and delivery. (2025 - Present)

  1. ririkku.com - A fun Japanese song lyric immersion app with AI text analysis and gamified flashcards.
  2. kanjiheatmap.com - A kanji study tool designed with speed and user experience front and center.

Early Talks and Workshops

  1. Malicious Attacks to Neural Networks: Adversarial Examples for Humans. Trend Micro Philippines Decode Event, 2018
  2. DIY Self-Racing Cars: a problem-solving philosophy, machine learning intuitions, and behavioral cloning. Delivered to Trend Micro Philippines 2018.
  3. Udacity Self Driving Cars Lessons. I was one of three instructors hired to facilitate learning of ~100 employees at Infosys India 2017.
  4. Reimagining Consumer Experiences with Creative Technology. I conducted sessions to help creatives ideate how current technology can be applied to brand campaigns, 2016
  5. A Raspberry Pi Hexy: How I Practiced Clean Code and Made a Hexapod Robot Dance — Python Conference Philippines 2016

Creative Hardware and Early Robotics Education

Before web engineering, I helped build physical things, such as robots for art exhibitions, ad agencies, and classrooms.

Plant Cyborgs — with artist Daniel Slåttnes (2017, 2020)

Robotic body movements guided by a house plant’s biosignals — Norwegian artist Daniel Slåttnes’ work, exhibited in events like Meta.Morf X Biennale (2020) and the Arctic Arts Festival (2021). I was commissioned to do calibration, movement programming, and sensors/electronics integration support.

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Probbie: Dentsu Jayme Syfu’s Friendly Robot Receptionist (2016)

This child-sized robot with features such as autonomous navigation, person detection, and voice interaction helped Dentsu Jayme Syfu win Campaign Southeast Asia’s 2016 Creative Agency of the Year. I was in charge of programming, electronics selection, and overseeing construction.

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Maya: The Affordable Robot For Everyone (2015)

A ~$30 fully open-source robot designed to make early STEM education accessible — CAD files, PCB designs, and lesson plans all freely downloadable.

Maya is the flagship project of Nanica Labs (2014–2016), the robotics education startup I co-founded — a top 3% finalist (of 500+ applicants) in the IdeaSpace Startup Competition 2016.

I don’t think that AI will have fulfilled its full potential unless it can unlock human potential. - Cynthia Breazeal

Last updated: July 2026