AERL — Applied Electronics and Robotics Laboratory LLP

About AERL

AERL, Applied Electronics and Robotics Laboratory LLP, is a research and development lab and tech startup specializing in hardware to software engineering, spanning artificial intelligence, embedded systems, and beyond. The team also maintains and extends its open-source projects, including the AERL C++ Framework.

The AERL team is a record holder (Asia Book of Records & India Book of Records) for the project SKI021, recognized as "The Youngest Team to Build and Fly a Semi-Autonomous Drone with Fully Custom Firmware and Avionics".

We are specialised in hardware to software: Artificial Intelligence, Embedded Systems, Machine Learning, and Aerospace.

Projects

VoltiQ — AI Platform (Live)

The ultimate AI platform for engineering students. An AI platform built for engineers and students, packed with genuinely useful built-in tools. Live HTML rendering and native LaTeX compilation come standard, no external tools needed. Three distinct chat modes — General, Study, and Engineering — each with its own style and problem-solving approach. VoltiQ runs on a 3-layer memory system that keeps context sharp across conversations.

Link: https://voltiq.aerl.space

SKI021 — Semi-Autonomous Drone (V1.00)

Custom firmware and avionics, designed and flown in-house. SKI021 is a semi-autonomous drone with custom avionics and firmware built from scratch, designed and developed by the AERL Team. It is a record-holding project (Asia Book of Records & India Book of Records) with the record title "The Youngest Team to Develop & Fly a Semi-Autonomous Drone with custom Firmware & Avionics." Compatible fields: Aerospace, Drone, UAV, Hardware & Software.

AERL C++ Framework — Open Source (V1.00)

A hardware-abstraction layer for AERL firmware. The AERL C++ Framework is an open-source project — a framework for embedded systems built on top of the Arduino framework. It is an abstraction layer that simplifies programming for beginners, letting code read almost like plain English. Compatible with ESP32 and Arduino boards.

Link: https://github.com/AERL-Official/AERL-C-Framework

Team — The Founders

Muhammed Aslah N — Founder & CEO. The lead of the team, managing all streams of the company. Drives engineering and company direction across the lab. Lead engineer on SKI021, and a record holder for SKI021.
Savyo Saji — Co-Founder & CTO. The technical lead of AERL. Designs and develops from hardware to software. Architect of systems. System designer on SKI021, and a record holder for SKI021.
Selin Saji — Art Director. Leads the visual identity of AERL, from marketing to product aesthetics. Control systems engineer on SKI021, and a record holder for SKI021.

Timeline

SKI021 — ABR & IBR record holding. A two-month journey from February to May.
First product launch — launched VoltiQ, our first product.
AERL C++ Framework — published our first open-source project.
xll1 training — trained our first Small Language Model.
XLSX Zolara (in development) — a flagship SLM / LLM model by AERL.

Achievements

2 Book of Records — Asia Book of Records & India Book of Records.
3 Active projects.
3 Founders — three young minds.

Artificial Intelligence & Machine Learning

xll1 (Research) — AERL's first SLM, built for research and trained on 5 billion tokens over a dataset focused 80% on language and 20% on reasoning. ~5M parameters.
Zolara (In development) — AERL XLSX Zolara, our first LLM-level language model, in development. This will be our first public model. ~16B parameters.

Contact

Write to the team for support, collaboration, or about the lab. Expect a reply within 72 hours.

Email: info@aerl.space · Collaborations: savyo@aerl.space

Naroth House, Vallithode, Kannur, Kerala, India