Jaxon Poentis

Building robots, and the
infrastructure that runs them.

Robotics @ Northstar
CS + Math @ WashU
prev Tesla, Capital One, Spectrum

01 About

Get the robots out the lab.

I'm a robotics engineer at Northstar Robotics, working on teleoperation, data pipelines, and policy fine-tuning. I also study CS + Math at WashU.

I grew up on Oʻahu, where I led robotics teams and presented at ISEF. I've also worked at Tesla, Capital One, and Spectrum.

This site holds my work and writing.

Right now: Robotics Engineer · Northstar Robotics
Studying: CS + Math · WashU, class of '27
Languages: Go · C++ · Python
Off the clock: Hiking · Fishing · Gaming

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02 Projects

Tandem

June 12, 2026

A shared planning canvas that humans and AI agents co-edit in real time. Connect any MCP-aware agent (Claude, Cursor, Codex) and watch it build a live map, sheet, chart, and timeline you can both edit — one canvas, one link, shared state.

ANDR

March 23, 2026

An Agent Robotic Framework allow easy tool creation for creating robotic agents. Can handle chain of requests within robotic space.

Swarm Robotics Team (Software Lead)

April 27, 2025

Mini-swarm robots that are controlled through a centeralized means either through controller or PID using an overhead camera. My main work centered around software architecture, data pipelining from camera to control, and helping implement PID and control,

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03 Blog

March 17, 2026

Claude Code is the future

SWE is cooked, vibe coding is just too convient and claude opus is actually really F good Domain specific knowledge will be king, knowing how to code is useless. Understanding how complicated systems work and how to put…

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