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New division · now boarding

We're entering robotics.

After years of building things that fly, we're building things that think, move and grab. Same crew, same obsession with getting it right — now with wheels, joints and lidar. Robotics to orbit to cosmos.
Explore the labOpen roles
live sims
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builds
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open roles
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// 01 — Interactive lab

Every core skill, running live.

These are the building blocks every autonomous robot needs — and the exact things our members are learning. Each one is a real algorithm running in your browser; poke at it.

SLAM

Try it · Toggle “Ground truth” to compare the learned map with reality.

What it is

Simultaneous Localization and Mapping — building a map of an unknown place while keeping track of where you are inside it.

How it works

  1. 1A 360° lidar fires beams; each beam marks the cells it passes as free and the cell it hits as a wall.
  2. 2Poses are linked into a graph as the robot moves (blue).
  3. 3Recognising a place it has already seen closes a loop (green) — the optimiser uses that to cancel drift.

Used in

Pathfinder Rover · indoor autonomy

// 02 — Roadmap

From first servo to first competition.

  1. PHASE 00

    Ignition

    CompleteSep 2026
    • ▸Robotics division announced
    • ▸Core team formed from rocketry, drones & CanSat crews
    • ▸Lab bench, tools & first servo kits
  2. PHASE 01

    Foundations

    In progressOct – Dec 2026
    • ▸ROS 2 bootcamp for members
    • ▸Line Follower v1 with tuned PID
    • ▸Kriya Arm — first motion with inverse kinematics
  3. PHASE 02

    Mobility

    PlannedJan – Mar 2027
    • ▸Pathfinder rocker-bogie chassis
    • ▸Wheel encoders + IMU odometry
    • ▸Tele-operation over Wi-Fi
  4. PHASE 03

    Autonomy

    PlannedApr – Jun 2027
    • ▸Lidar SLAM and Nav2 navigation
    • ▸Camera-based obstacle avoidance
    • ▸Autonomous waypoint missions
  5. PHASE 04

    Compete & integrate

    PlannedJul 2027 →
    • ▸First robotics competitions
    • ▸Rover deployed from a CanSat-style payload — robotics to orbit
    • ▸Mentor the next batch

// 03 — Skills & learning

Learning in public.

Honest progress meters for the division as a whole — we're early, and that's the fun part.

Embedded & motor control

60%
STM32 / ESP32Motor driversEncoders

Control systems

55%
PID tuningState estimationKalman filters

Kinematics & dynamics

40%
Forward / inverse kinematicsDH parametersTrajectories

ROS 2

35%
Nodes & topicsTF2Gazebo simulation

Computer vision

25%
OpenCVYOLO detectionDepth estimation

SLAM & navigation

15%
Occupancy gridsAMCLNav2

// 04 — On the bench

Projects & prototypes

All projects
ongoingrobotics

Kriya Arm

4-DOF robotic arm — first robotics prototype

PROGRESS30%
upcomingrobotics

Pathfinder Rover

Six-wheel rocker-bogie rover

PROGRESS5%
Working

Line Follower v0

IR array + PID on an Arduino — the controller you can tune above.

Working

Servo test rig

Characterising torque, backlash and speed of our arm servos.

Complete

Kriya Arm CAD

3D-printable 4-DOF arm designed in Fusion 360.

In progress

Teleop rover shell

Two-motor test chassis for odometry and drive code.

// 05 — Open roles

Help us build the first robots.

Founding members shape how the division works. No robotics experience needed for most roles.

ROS & software

Write nodes, simulate in Gazebo and own the navigation stack.

Python or C++LinuxGit

Mechanical design

Design chassis, arms and grippers; prototype with 3D printing.

CAD (Fusion / SolidWorks)3D printingBasic statics

Electronics & embedded

Motor drivers, power systems, sensor wiring and firmware.

Arduino / STM32SolderingCircuit basics

Perception & AI

Cameras, lidar, object detection and mapping pipelines.

PythonOpenCVCuriosity about ML

Curious beginner

No experience? We teach from zero — bring the drive to learn.

Willingness to learnAny branchAny year

Recruitment open

Pick Robotics in your application.

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